The harp is soft, it's pretty, it's soothing.
Yeah, that's right.
But it's not just that.
She's also majestic.
It can be percussive.
Very expressive.
Above all, she's moving. She's alive. She's modern.
You can put effects, textures, rhythm, sound.
It can be much more powerful than we imagine, even more than an electric guitar, if we use it with taste. And that taste comes from everything we've listened to, everything we've been through. The harp is not just for soothing.
She can wake up and dance.
She can blackmail you.
For me, the harp is joyful, alive.
And above all, she's free.
Improvizing is where everything changes.
There is still a first part: technically, you have to be comfortable.
You have to know the piece, feel free in it.
Because there are millions of ways to play a melody.
The same melody, depending on the moment, can be tender... or angry.
And that's where it becomes liberating.
The moment allows you to really express yourself.
Freedom is there.
It also manifests itself in harmony.
Sometimes I change colors, directions.
And rhythmically too, the work becomes very interesting. I like to explore music like that.
In trio, I have this possibility.
With the bass and the battery, we build together.
The harp remains the harmonic instrument, so I can propose, move, open.
It's very nice.
This is exactly what I am developing with the Milevska Trio.
A space where the harp can move, propose, take its place differently.
We listen much more.
We take risks.
Rhythmic risks, different placements.
And now it's almost a game.
A playground.
Playground.
Like a kindergarten.
Often, after the concerts, people come to me.
And they always tell me the same thing.
"I didn't know the harp could sound like that."
"I didn't know the harp could carry the rhythm like that."
"I didn't know it could move like that. "
Sometimes also:
"You reconciled me with the harp."
As if, until now, the harp didn't really talk to them.
Like she's staying away.
And then, suddenly, it gets close.
It's getting alive.
Maybe that's it, deep down.
Not to transform the harp, to change the way you listen.
Bring it out of a frozen image.
Put her back in motion.
For me, harp is not a separate instrument.
It's an instrument today.
An instrument that can be free.
Who can move.
Which can surprise.
And above all, an instrument that can still say something.
