Ralph Zurmühle
Ralph Zurmühle (or Zurmuhle) is a Swiss composer and pianist. Zurmühle was born in Zürich and grew up mainly in Liechtenstein. He graduated from the University of Zürich and now lives in Spain. Zurmühle discovered his natural talent for the piano at the age of five and developed it over decades with jazz and classical music studies. His CD recordings, composed in the genre of contemporary post-classical piano music, have been met with international critical acclaim and have received multiple awards and nominations. The first CD "Between" was released in 2000, "Communion" followed in 2003 and "Our  Mother" in 2007. His fourth CD "eQuinox", published in 2011, is produced and distributed by Valley Entertainment, New York. His award-winning album "Reflections" was released in 2014, followed by "As Time Passes" in 2019. Compositions from these CDs have been featured in films and multi-media projects worldwide. For more than twenty years Ralph Zurmühle has been scoring music for film and performing solo piano concerts, mostly playing his own repertoire. Pianists he has performed with include Peter Kater, Chad Lawson and David Peña Dorantes. Reviews. ""Reflections" explores the sonority of the piano masterfully and reaches a technical and  artistic dimension only achievable by the finest contemporary piano works." "Yamaha Spain" "25 years after the glory days of the solo piano genre sparked by artists like Keith Jarrett and George Winston, the solo piano album remains an elusive undertaking: very easy to do - very hard to do well. Swiss pianist Ralph Zurmühle is one of those rare artists, who does it sublimely well, with great sensitivity to touch, melody, and ambience. Listen and you will find yourself in the hands of a master."(Stephen Hill, San Francisco, Producer of Hearts of Space Radio) ""As Time Passes" is music to  spur the imagination. With inspiration, simplicity and elegance, this superb work by Ralph Zurmühle confirms the solid trajectory of one of the greatest exponents in the world of solo piano." "Yamaha Spain"