PianoSpace - January '27

Aliya Lark is a London-based pianist and neoclassical composer crafting minimalist, emotionally charged soundscapes that blend delicate piano melodies with subtle ambient and electronic elements. Influenced by artists like Nils Frahm, Hauschka, and Ólafur Arnalds, Aliya’s music is intimate, cinematic, and deeply reflective.

Her work focuses on the poetry of everyday moments-soft glances, quiet touches, the fading light-inviting listeners to rediscover beauty in simplicity and stillness.

Aliya is also the composer of the soundtrack for the theatre production “Diaries of the War,” which has been presented at such theatre festivals as “New Space Festival” (London, The Source, 2025), “Voila Theater Festival” (London, Etcetera Theater, 2025).

Christian Smith is a composer of cinematic neo-classical works from southern England. His music centres on expressive, memorable piano themes, combining simplicity with emotional depth. He treats each composition as a short story, built around a central emotion or idea. His independently released music has reached millions of listeners worldwide.

Marc Charmet, known as Charmey, is a French composer and pianist who studied composition at theÉcole Normale de Musique in Paris. However, it was only at the age of 50—when he let go of everything he had learned—that he truly began making music. Because music is not about rules, but about emotions and atmospheres.

Inspired by Claude Debussy, Yann Tiersen, and Nils Frahm, he ultimately follows his own melodies. His music is published by British label Siril Records. He played in several venues in Budapest (Hungary) where he lives and started touring across Europe (Piano Revenge Festival Paris, Piano City Pordenone, Felt Room Berlin, Hamburg, London…).

Charmey is not only a composer and performer but also an active concert organizer. He founded Le Salon de Musique_Budapest and Le Salon de Marc, Szimpla Kert, intimate gatherings where music lovers meet, and notes whisper stories in the air.