Heleen Van Haegenborgh - High Carbon (2025) [Hi-Res]

With this album, Heleen Van Haegenborgh returns to her roots as a pianist.

In recent years, she has mostly composed on commission for a wide range of ensembles, from recorders to foghorns.

On this solo album, her entire journey of musical encounters and compositions subtly comes together. Van Haegenborgh doesn’t think in terms of stories or boxes, but rather in colours, energy, and texture — without drifting into the abstract.

She remains true to her personal inside piano world, including the use of wires she has been experimenting with since 2008. These are given a place here as fully-fledged musical elements, communicating on different levels, in various contexts and forms.

The electronics sometimes become completely one with the piano, but often follow an entirely different path: at times calm, subtle and refined; at other times nervous and under the surface. Always within specific atmospheres and with precise timing.