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• The composer Jhann Jhannsson, winner of the Golden Globe Prize and nominated for the Oscar, BAFTA and Grammy, releases his first album for the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft: it is a meditation on beauty and the process of artistic creation. Jhannsson is a figurehead in a dynamically growing scene of composers who move freely and imaginatively between film music, classical minimalism, ambient and electronic music
  Orphe describes a path from darkness to light, inspired by the different versions of the ancient Orpheus myth, from Ovid to Cocteau. The multi-layered narrative about death, rebirth, change and the ephemerality of memory can also be interpreted as a metaphor for artistic creativity
  Orphe offers a versatile sound palette: there are acoustic instruments solo or in ensemble combined with electronics and the mysterious