With a PhD from the University of Padua, Dr Leonardo Barilaro researches space debris and hypervelocity impacts while teaching aerospace engineering at MCAST in Malta. This guy who studies spacecraft materials is also a conservatory-trained pianist who’s released four albums, five EPs, and performed across Europe and the Middle East. He picked up piano at six, got hooked on astronomy at nine, and by twelve, he’d decided he wanted to play music in space. His endgame? Becoming the first person to perform a piano concert from Mars.
“Between the stars and the keys, some artists find a language that speaks to both.”
His new single “Listen” combines Barilaro’s piano playing with actual NASA recordings of solar wind and auroras. He calls his style “Contemporary Space Music,” mixing classical piano training with synthesizers and a willingness to experiment. It’s proof that science and art don’t have to be separate worlds. They can inform each other, push each other forward, and create something neither could achieve alone.
If you’re tired of the same old approaches to instrumental music, “Listen” offers something wildly different. Stream it now and discover the skills of someone who understands the cosmos.
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