Milana Zilnik
by Milana Zilnik
Playing piano since I was four and studied in a musical school for ten years. Though, I always felt that playing by notes and singing in a choir is not enough to become a musician. I needed to be able to play anything I want by ear so, by starting improvising, I've found my own style of playing. When I teach children to play piano or sing, I offer them improvisation right from the beginning. I wish I was taught that way, since until my mid-30s I had hard times to relax and believe in my ability to create my own music. Twelve years ago my husband (@arty-sandler) finally convinced me to record some of my improvisations and we opened this account on SoundCloud - it happened in July, 2012.You won't find a single particular genre on my cloud: my musical tastes are rather eclectic. Jazz and soft rock are my favorites but I also play blues, classical, folk, middle-eastern, New Age, ambient and others. Piano and vocal are my main instruments but together with my husband we also experiment a l
Episodes
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Quest for the Never-Setting Sun
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38369504/ When filmmaker Arty Sandler and composer Milana Zilnik journey to the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, they step into a world bathed in endless daylight. For weeks, the midnight sun hovers above glaciers that crack and roar, while walruses tumble...
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"A Drunkard" from "Piano Stories of the Little Prince" by Milana Zilnik
www.milanazilnik.com/albums/thelittleprince THE ALBUM IS COMING AUGUST 2nd! As a child, I had a truly magical time with stories, and my mom reading them to me. The way she intonated and impersonated each character was just so fascinating to me. Her voice was the music I always heard before…
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"Forty Four Sunsets" from "Piano Stories of the Little Prince" by Milana Zilnik
www.milanazilnik.com/albums/thelittleprince THE ALBUM IS COMING AUGUST 2nd! As a child, I had a truly magical time with stories, and my mom reading them to me. The way she intonated and impersonated each character was just so fascinating to me. Her voice was the music I always heard before…
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"The Business Man" from "Piano Stories of the Little Prince" by Milana Zilnik
www.milanazilnik.com/albums/thelittleprince THE ALBUM IS COMING AUGUST 2nd! As a child, I had a truly magical time with stories, and my mom reading them to me. The way she intonated and impersonated each character was just so fascinating to me. Her voice was the music I always heard before…
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"Show Off" from "Piano Stories of the Little Prince" by Milana Zilnik
www.milanazilnik.com/albums/thelittleprince THE ALBUM IS COMING AUGUST 2nd! As a child, I had a truly magical time with stories, and my mom reading them to me. The way she intonated and impersonated each character was just so fascinating to me. Her voice was the music I always heard before…
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"The Little Prince" by Milana Zilnik
https://www.milanazilnik.com/albums/thelittleprince THE ALBUM IS COMING AUGUST 2nd! As a child, I had a truly magical time with stories, and my mom reading them to me. The way she intonated and impersonated each character was just so fascinating to me. Her voice was the music I always heard…
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"The Other Journey" from "Metamorfosi" by Milana Zilnik
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bQvbjp60Es www.milanazilnik.com/albums/metamorfosi "THE OTHER JOURNEY" - the 13th and the final track from "Metamorfosi" album telling the story of a composer who wanted to write music for "Alice in Wonderland" and found herself falling through a rabbit hole opened in her...
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"Reflecting The Sky" from "Metamorfosi" by Milana Zilnik
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bQvbjp60Es www.milanazilnik.com/albums/metamorfosi "REFLECTING THE SKY" - the 12th track from "Metamorfosi" album telling the story of a composer who wanted to write music for "Alice in Wonderland" and found herself falling through a rabbit hole opened in her piano. This...
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"Bending Time" from "Metamorfosi" by Milana Zilnik
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bQvbjp60Es www.milanazilnik.com/albums/metamorfosi "BENDING TIME" - the 11th track from "Metamorfosi" album telling the story of a composer who wanted to write music for "Alice in Wonderland" and found herself falling through a rabbit hole opened in her piano. This track…
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"Jabberwocky" from "Metamorfosi" by Milana Zilnik
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bQvbjp60Es www.milanazilnik.com/albums/metamorfosi "JABBERWOCKY" - the 10th track from "Metamorfosi" album telling the story of a composer who wanted to write music for "Alice in Wonderland" and found herself falling through a rabbit hole opened in her piano. This track…
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"A Game" from "Metamorfosi" by Milana Zilnik
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bQvbjp60Es www.milanazilnik.com/albums/metamorfosi "A GAME" - the 9th track from "Metamorfosi" album telling the story of a composer who wanted to write music for "Alice in Wonderland" and found herself falling through a rabbit hole opened in her piano. This track is the...
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"Queen Of Hearts" from "Metamorfosi" by Milana Zilnik
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bQvbjp60Es www.milanazilnik.com/albums/metamorfosi "QUEEN OF HEARTS" - the 8th track from "Metamorfosi" album telling the story of a composer who wanted to write music for "Alice in Wonderland" and found herself falling through a rabbit hole opened in her piano. This…
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"Point Of No Return" from "Metamorfosi" by Milana Zilnik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bQvbjp60Es https://www.milanazilnik.com/albums/metamorfosi "POINT OF NO RETURN" - the 7th track from "Metamorfosi" album telling the story of a composer who wanted to write music for "Alice in Wonderland" and found herself falling through a rabbit hole opened in…
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"At The Door" from "Metamorfosi" by Milana Zilnik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bQvbjp60Es https://www.milanazilnik.com/albums/metamorfosi "AT THE DOOR" - the 6th track from "Metamorfosi" album telling the story of a composer who wanted to write music for "Alice in Wonderland" and found herself falling through a rabbit hole opened in her…
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"Metamorfosi" by Milana Zilnik. Music Video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bQvbjp60Es https://www.milanazilnik.com/albums/metamorfosi "METAMORFOSI" - the 5th and the title track from "Metamorfosi" album telling the story of a composer who wanted to write music for "Alice in Wonderland" and found herself falling through a rabbit hole…
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"The Choice" from "Metamorfosi" by Milana Zilnik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bQvbjp60Es www.milanazilnik.com/albums/metamorfosi "THE CHOICE" - the fourth track from "Metamorfosi" album telling the story of a composer who wanted to write music for "Alice in Wonderland" and found herself falling through a rabbit hole opened in her piano.…
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"Curiouser And Curiouser" from "Metamorfosi" by Milana Zilnik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bQvbjp60Es www.milanazilnik.com/albums/metamorfosi "CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER" - the third track from "Metamorfosi" album telling the story of a composer who wanted to write music for "Alice in Wonderland" and found herself falling through a rabbit hole opened in…
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"Down The Rabbit Hole" from "Metamorfosi" by Milana Zilnik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bQvbjp60Es www.milanazilnik.com/albums/metamorfosi "DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE" - the 2nd single from “METAMORFOSI” is LIVE on streaming platforms! And we have a short lot of magnificently illustrated CDs as well! This story is not about Alice. Although, we've all had...
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"The Hatch" from "Metamorfosi" by Milana Zilnik
https://youtu.be/9bQvbjp60Es https://www.milanazilnik.com/albums/metamorfosi "THE HATCH" - the opening track from the upcoming "METAMORFOSI" is LIVE on streaming platforms! And we have a short lot of magnificently illustrated CDs as well! This story is not about Alice. Although, we've all had…
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"Memories Of Paris" by Milana Zilnik
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jrOSb8mlpk -- In this turbulent time I didn't even know whether to post this song or not. It was supposed to be a present for my husband's birthday back in January. The world was different back then. We couldn't finish recording it on time, though, so we...
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"Christmas Time Is Here". Performed by Milana Zilnik
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0z19i93eC4 I love it when my teaching process is fully mixed with my own studying of music. I often expand my own repertoire, while searching for singing student’s new challenges. And so it happens that this fun tune was a good challenge for all pianists…
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"Distant Memories" (Orchestral) by Milana Zilnik
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxpKNJFDUm4 -- Someone once said that symphonic orchestra is the most sophisticated musical instrument humanity ever invented. And I always felt like this is an ultimate challenge for a composer to write music for such a giant. I started my first shy…
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"Abracadabra" (from "Abracadabra!") by Milana Zilnik
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-wCqGkalz4 --- It's been almost three months since "Abracadabra!" was released. I've been busy with some other projects since then, mainly recording and composing for clients. However, given how well "Abracadabra!" was received... we started working on the "sequel"...
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"Time" (from "Abracadabra") and music video by Milana Zilnik and Arty Sandler
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-wCqGkalz4 --- Abracadabra! It is time to begin the journey! Abracadabra! It is time to face the new challenge behind the mirror... Abracadabra! It is time for new encounters, for things that are lost and things that are found... Abracadabra! It is time for...
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"Journey" (from "Abracadabra") by Milana Zilnik
Video: https://youtu.be/3TtIgdcgtHE --- I like to see every musical project of ours as a journey - a journey from the idea to the final result, where the result itself is not that important. What is important is the journey itself. This piece is one of my favorite on this album, and to name it...
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"Encounters" (from "Abracadabra") by Milana Zilnik
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk-eEcY0Q4I ---- What encounters you're going to have when you pronounce "Abracadabra!" and find yourself in the magical land "behind the mirror"? This must be the most jazzy track of the upcoming album - Hang-driven, arranged with piano, cello and vocal.…
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"Behind The Mirror" (From "Abracadabra!") by Milana Zilnik
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKkIvRtxPFY --- We've been so busy this year working on our upcoming album. It was the most challenging musical project we've ever attempted before - first composing it, then working with all the session musicians and audio engineers. The album will be...
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"Creep" (Radiohead). Performed by Milana Zilnik
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXTK758pFG4 ---- To tell the truth, I didn't feel much of a change with all the quarantine and stuff. I was living mostly in my musical cave before and just kept doing the same. Maybe not exactly a "creep" but I'm such a weirdo. A couple years back, when my...
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Liebestraume No 3 (F. Liszt). Performed by Milana
Video: https://youtu.be/Hkwc-CXJ0Oo --- For my mom who introduced me to the beauty in sounds and colours. For my father, who shaped my diverse musical tastes and pushed me into improvising. For my husband who inspired me to come back to music and keep going no matter what challenges I might face....
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"Moonlight Serenade" (Glenn Miller). Improvised by Milana Zilnik
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ffqbo8UYtg ---- This tune is my deepest connection to my dad , who recently celebrated his 70th birthday... Whenever my dad, the maestro of jazz, would start playing this, I would melt and give up anything just to be able to play like him one day... one day...
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"Never Enough" ("The Greatest Showman") performed by Milana Zilnik
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdRfsD0XnzM --- This musical became one of my favorites and many of my students took vocal lessons from me to sing this song and then performed it at our semi-annual recitals (and quite nailed it!). So, I thought, it's time to actually record my own version…
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Jazzy Jingle Bells
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1EEWAwzYZk --- In these last days of 2019 I want to wish you all Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year! and I hope you will enjoy this jazzy take on the famous tune :) This year has been very fruitful and busy. My husband and I released 3 full-length...
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"Verde" from "Spettro" by Milana Zilnik
Do colors have their own special sound? What if colors sounded like piano? Red of the warm and cozy fireplace? Yellow - playful and sunny? The relaxing serenity of Green? The deep and moody Indigo... I invite you to the world of colorful piano! Today is the time for GREEN! Artwork by Anastasia...
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"Giallo" from "Spettro" by Milana Zilnik
Do colors have their own special sound? What if colors sounded like piano? Red of the warm and cozy fireplace? Yellow - playful and sunny? The relaxing serenity of Green? The deep and moody Indigo... I invite you to the world of colorful piano! Today is the time for YELLOW! Artwork by Anastasia...
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"Arancione" from "Spettro" by Milana Zilnik
Do colors have their own special sound? What if colors sounded like piano? Red of the warm and cozy fireplace? Yellow - playful and sunny? The relaxing serenity of Green? The deep and moody Indigo... I invite you to the world of colorful piano! Today is the time for ORANGE! Artwork by Anastasia...
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"Rosso" from "Spettro" by Milana Zilnik
Do colors have their own special sound? What if colors sounded like piano? Red of the warm and cozy fireplace? Yellow - playful and sunny? The relaxing serenity of Green? The deep and moody Indigo... I invite you to the world of colorful piano! Today is the time for RED! Artwork by Anastasia Frenkel
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"4am. Dreams" from "Notte" by Milana Zilnik
Video: https://youtu.be/K6I7YMnO9F4 --- That time of the night when you are deep into another world, surreal and mysterious. It's 4am on my musical clock, it's time for dreams... ...Night... Notte... the time of silence, dreams, reflections.. the time when the music happens in between notes more...
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"12am. Midnight" from "NOTTE" by Milana Zilnik
Video: https://youtu.be/RgG1CJm2onQ ---- ...Night... Notte... the time of silence, dreams, reflections.. the time when the music happens in between notes more than in the notes themselves. It’s Midnight on my musical clock - that special time when Tomorrow turns into Today. Today! Today "Notte"…
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"10pm. Twilight" from "NOTTE" by Milana Zilnik
https://youtu.be/Sjbnl30bbHU --- ...Notte... Night.. the time of silence, dreams, reflections.. the time when the music happens in between notes more than in the notes themselves. It's 10pm on my musical clock. The time in between shadows of the evening and the darkness of the night. The time of...
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"8pm. Shadows" from "NOTTE" by Milana Zilnik
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkJW9QZ5dVs Pre-save this album on Spotify: https://show.co/EdhwVZO Pre-order an autographed CD on BandCamp: https://milana.bandcamp.com/album/notte ---- This is not my usual style of playing but sometimes "less is more". And it was a wonderful challenge to...
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"Nature Boy". Performed by Milana Zilnik
Video: https://youtu.be/JjHDdbdR0sg --- It was kind of a personal request coming from my husband: he wanted me to sing this song that always leaves him in tears... Then he asked me to make an arrangement for a choir. The version he loves has strings on it but he thought to make an all acoustic...
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"3am. Silence" from "Notte" by Milana Zilnik
Video: https://youtu.be/G_HefRm5K08 ---- What is the sound of the silence? What do you hear in the absence of all sounds? It's 3am on my musical clock and the silence is so prominent that it is... ringing! ...Night... Notte... the time of silence, dreams, reflections.. the time when the music...
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"2am. Echoes" from "NOTTE" by Milana Zilnik
Video: https://youtu.be/zzaEIr15gm8 --- ...Night... Notte... the time of silence, dreams, reflections.. the time when the music happens in between notes more than in the notes themselves. It’s two hours past midnight... it's calm, dark and quiet.. all you can hear is distant echoes.. "Notte" is...
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"1am. Longing" from "NOTTE" by Milana Zilnik
Video: https://youtu.be/Rh8lNltykFI --- ...Night... Notte... the time of silence, dreams, reflections.. the time when the music happens in between notes more than in the notes themselves. It’s 1am on my musical clock - the time when you may feel especially lonely and longing for someone. "Notte"…
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"11pm. Calmness" from "NOTTE" by Milana Zilnik
Video: https://youtu.be/81SfBHc4Twk Pre-save this album on Spotify: http://show.co/EdhwVZO Pre-order an autographed CD on BandCamp: https://milana.bandcamp.com/album/notte --- ...When Shadows cover the Earth and Twilight paints the Skies, this is the time for Calmness and Tranquility... It's 11pm...
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"9pm. Sunset" from "NOTTE" by Milana Zilnik
Video: https://youtu.be/gWOime-aCoE Pre-save this album on Spotify: https://show.co/EdhwVZO Pre-order an autographed CD on BandCamp: https://milana.bandcamp.com/album/notte ---- ...Notte... Night.. the time of silence, dreams, reflections.. the time when the music happens in between notes more…
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"6am. Reflections" from "Notte" by Milana Zilnik
Video: https://youtu.be/pNpDmfVF8W8 ---- When you are about to wake up but still balancing between the dream and the reality, when your thoughts are full of reflection on what was and what is going to be, when rays of the first light sneak through the curtains to reflect off the walls.. it's 6am…
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"5am. Quietude" from "Notte" by Milana Zilnik
Video: https://youtu.be/lud3lhqxC2E ---- When everything is still and you lie in your bed without making a single movement... it's 5am on my musical clock... it's time of quietude.. ...Night... Notte... the time of silence, dreams, reflections.. the time when the music happens in between notes…
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"7am. Dawn" from "Notte" by Milana Zilnik
Video: https://youtu.be/1NVuOQ0Wfr8 ---- When morning sounds pull you from the dreams...when the dark sky turns into the twilight just before the sunrise.. it's 7am on my musical clock and this is when our nocturnal journey comes to an end.. ...Night... Notte... the time of silence, dreams,...
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Dancing Sunbeams
One more spontaneous improvisation on Una Corda. Enjoy!
About this show
Playing piano since I was four and studied in a musical school for ten years. Though, I always felt that playing by notes and singing in a choir is not enough to become a musician. I needed to be able to play anything I want by ear so, by starting improvising, I've found my own style of playing. When I teach children to play piano or sing, I offer them improvisation right from the beginning. I wish I was taught that way, since until my mid-30s I had hard times to relax and believe in my ability to create my own music. Twelve years ago my husband (@arty-sandler) finally convinced me to record some of my improvisations and we opened this account on SoundCloud - it happened in July, 2012.You won't find a single particular genre on my cloud: my musical tastes are rather eclectic. Jazz and soft rock are my favorites but I also play blues, classical, folk, middle-eastern, New Age, ambient and others. Piano and vocal are my main instruments but together with my husband we also experiment a l
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