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"THE WORLD IS FULL OF SOUNDS.
WE DON'T USUALLY HEAR THEM AS MUSIC"

– RYUCHI SAKAMOTO

 

VICTOR SANCHEZ IS A MEXICAN PIANIST AND COMPOSER WHO HAS MADE THE PIANO A WAY OF EXPRESSING WHAT SOMETIMES CANNOT BE SAID WITH WORDS. ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT FOLLOW A TRADITIONAL MUSICAL EDUCATION, HE HAS CULTIVATED HIS ART WITH DEDICATION AND PERSEVERANCE OVER THE YEARS. HIS MUSIC IS BORN FROM GENUINE MOMENTS, SIMPLE EMOTIONS, AND A DEEP DESIRE TO CONNECT WITH OTHERS THROUGH SOUND.

HE DISCOVERED HIS PASSION FOR THE PIANO AT THE AGE OF 10, WHEN HIS PARENTS BOUGHT AN OLD PIANO FOR HIS OLDER SISTER. ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT INITIALLY INTENDED FOR HIM, HE SOON BEGAN PLAYING IT SELF-TAUGHT, AND HIS NATURAL TALENT LED HIM TO RECEIVE FORMAL LESSONS.

HIS INSPIRATION COMES FROM MUSIC, NATURE, AND THE EMOTIONS HE FEELS IN THE MOMENT BEFORE THE PIANO. HE COMPOSES FROM SENSATIONS SUCH AS CALM, MELANCHOLY, OR INTROSPECTION, LETTING EACH PIECE FLOW NATURALLY WITHOUT FORCING IT, AND EXPLORING TEXTURES AND SOUNDS THAT REFLECT HIS STATE OF MIND.

THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE HAS EXPERIMENTED WITH DIFFERENT STYLES, FROM LO-FI SOUNDS TO COMPOSITIONS IN WHICH THE PIANO CONVERSES WITH OTHER INSTRUMENTS. SAKURA REVERIE, ONE OF HIS MOST REPRESENTATIVE WORKS, PRESERVES THE ESSENCE OF HIS EARLIEST CREATIONS, BLENDING THE FRESHNESS OF HIS BEGINNINGS WITH AN EVER-EVOLVING ARTISTIC MATURITY.