The Night Suite
Five musical novels of the night, Op. 20 to 24.
EdoardoBrotto
Music born in the night, between the stars above the Dolomites and the keys of a Bechstein Concert Grand.
The Night Suite
A journey through the night in five movements: water lilies on a lake at dusk, crimson flashes dancing above the storms, bells tolling under the northern sky, the last whisper of a snowflake, a dance of shadows. And through it all, like a memory that keeps returning, a waltz.
“This cycle of musical novels tells a single story, or perhaps a thousand.”
From the booklet- IWater Lilies Op. 207:30
- IIRed Sprites Op. 2114:40
- IIITolls of the Northern Sky Op. 2216:10
- IVSnowflake's Last Whisper Op. 2318:28
- VDance of Shadows Op. 245:57
“His snowflakes are destined to remain in the history of music.”
Massimo Crispi, Gli Stati Generali
“A recording that can rightly be considered a reference among the best solo piano productions of all time.”
Marco Lincetto, Velut Luna
Velut Luna, 2025
Coming in 2027
Jeux d'eau. Gaspard De La Nuit. La Valse.
After his own night, the night of Gaspard. Edoardo is preparing an album dedicated to Maurice Ravel: the shimmering water of Jeux d'eau, the three nocturnal visions of Gaspard De La Nuit and the dizzying whirl of La Valse, in his own arrangement for solo piano.
Architectures of the Mind
Every piece begins with an image or a pure musical intuition: a lake at dusk, a falling snowflake, the scent of a winter wind. From that initial spark, the ideas begin to emerge, some as brief as a harmonic progression, others as vast as an entire movement.
Edoardo holds them all in his memory, arranging them like the tiles of a mosaic. He shifts them, turns them over, and recombines them in endlessly new ways until, as if gazing down from a mountain summit, he can perceive the complete structure and choose its most beautiful form.
Only when this mental architecture is complete, with every note precisely in its place, does the music finally reach the keys of his Bechstein. His creative process is extraordinary in its execution: no score exists, nor has one ever been written. Each work lives entirely within his mind until the moment it is committed to the recording.
He describes these moments as a state of complete immersion, almost a dialogue with a pure source of knowledge.
Discography
Études-Tableaux
Twelve sound-paintings by Rachmaninov, his musical soulmate, recorded for the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. The first album born on Albus, his Bechstein.
Within & Without
Six original works in homage to Rachmaninov, inspired by beauty in every form: a landscape, a face, the scent of winter wind.
Landscapes
The debut album: seven original pieces between enchantment and dazzling virtuosity.
“A fund of imagination in a musical vernacular that is immediately appealing.”
Leslie Howard
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Works
| The Night Suite | ||
| Op. 24 | Dance of Shadows | in C sharp minor |
| Op. 23 | Snowflake's Last Whisper | in C sharp minor |
| Op. 22 | Tolls of the Northern Sky | in B major |
| Op. 21 | Red Sprites | in F sharp minor |
| Op. 20 | Water Lilies | in E major |
| Single works | ||
| Op. 19 | Waltz of the Unseen Beauty | in F minor |
| Op. 18 | Forgiveness - Concert Étude | in B major |
| Within & Without | ||
| Op. 16 | Gloomy Sparks | in E flat minor |
| Op. 14 | The Devil in Love | in B flat minor |
| Op. 12 | Dusk Spirits | in A minor |
| Op. 11 | Waltz of the Fairies | in F sharp minor |
| Op. 10 | Siberian Blizzard | in E flat minor |
| Op. 9 | Farewell my Dreams | in G major |
| Landscapes | ||
| Op. 8 | Fantasia quasi Sonata | |
| Op. 6 | Game of Thrones Variations | in D minor |
| Op. 5/3 | Summer Rain | in A major |
| Op. 5/2 | The Magical Wood | in G major |
| Op. 5/1 | Prelude in C | in C major |
| Op. 4 | Valse-Scherzo | in C sharp minor |
| Op. 3 | Devil's Dance | in G minor |
Photography
Long nights on the summits of the Alps, waiting for the Milky Way to rise over the Dolomites. Dawns and glaciers, the wild coasts of Ireland and Scotland, the quiet life of the mountains.
Finalist at the Sony World Photography Awards 2011. Exhibited at Somerset House, London, and Kinneksbond, Luxembourg.
Biography
Edoardo Brotto is a multifaceted artist renowned for his talents as a pianist, composer and photographer. His artistic journey is marked by a profound synergy between music and visual arts, each enriching the other. Reserved and distant from conventional circuits, he favours the intimacy of sound over the clamour of the stage. For him, the piano is an instrument of inner exploration, a sound laboratory where form and intuition meet.
Music
Brotto's compositions are celebrated for their evocative scenarios and intricate narratives. His ability to translate vivid imagery into sound, creating immersive listening experiences, has led critics to praise his work for its originality and depth, noting that his music transcends traditional classifications.
Described as a “young, energetic, super-virtuoso and seductive artist” by Gli Stati Generali, Brotto writes music that moves like light filtering through leaves or the distant song of ice across Alpine lakes: mysterious, intense and intimately alive. Shifting seamlessly between introspective moments and expansive vistas, he offers listeners an experience that is both deeply expressive and innovatively crafted.
Photography
Brotto is also an accomplished photographer of alpine and coastal landscapes and of the night sky. A finalist at the Sony World Photography Awards in 2011, he has been published in some of the most respected magazines in the field and exhibited at Somerset House in London and Kinneksbond in Luxembourg. His images are moments of solitude and contemplation, a glimpse into the grandeur of nature.
Sound and light
Edoardo Brotto graduated in piano from the Conservatorio Arrigo Pedrollo in Vicenza (a ten-year course of study) and went on to earn a Master of Music at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels, a master's degree in Engineering from the University of Padua and an Executive Master in Artificial Intelligence. Under contract with Velut Luna since 2017, he has brought his engineering expertise into the realm of sound, taking full control of the quality of his recordings: since his third album he has been the sound engineer of all his own productions. Today he also works as Chief AI Officer for an engineering and architecture firm.
His art is rooted in the interplay between sound and light, a synthesis that invites the listener to discover the hidden connections between music and image, emotion and landscape.
- Un valzer nella notte Gli Stati Generali, 2025
- Dentro e fuori Gli Stati Generali
- Edoardo Brotto, pittore di suoni Gli Stati Generali
- Primo Movimento Rai Radio 3, 2023
- Incontro con Edoardo Brotto Velut Luna