Innocenzo Genna – The Girl With the Pearl Earrings (Spotify)
“Well that's not the usual Neoclassical piece. "The Girl With the Pearl Earrings" took years to get its final form and it worthed the effort! Inspiring piano melodies with melancholic taste that can prove the great power of affection existing in such work. "Innocenzo Genna" surely knows how to attract our attention.”
-Nagamag.com
Artist shared few words behind this inspiration with Nagamag:
"To tell the truth, this composition is not about the painting of Johannes Vermeer, only later I realized that the title could create some confusion. However, it was too late, all the listeners believed that it was my personal celebration to the famous portrait and I accepted. To complete the story, the inspiration for this music emerged in the last days of July of 2011, while coming back from Patinoire, a place in Brussels where expats, most of them Italians, are used to meet for aperitivo, chatting and dancing. Clearly, I met a girl wearing pearl earring, a person who would have changed my life for a while. The leit motiv of the composition emerged during the night, however it took some months to get up to the complete version. A good friend of mine told me that this is a tormenting, heartbreaking music reflecting the consequences of meeting the girl ..." Innocenzo Genna
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