The concert titled “On the Road” by pianist Robert Bisha took place last night at the Opera and Ballet Theater in Tirana. After 16 years, Bisha returned to the TKOB stage. He offered the audience a musical journey full of experimental energy, intimacy, and visions that crossed mystical and metaphysical landscapes.

Moreover, the Minister of Economy, Culture, and Innovation, Blendi Gonxhja, attended the concert. He later shared moments from the event and a meeting with conductor Peter Michael Garst on social media.

Gonxhja wrote: “After Robert Bisha’s solo piano show at TKOB, I met with Peter Michael Garst and Martha Garst. In November, we will have a concert conducted by Garst, a longtime friend of Albania. Notably, he led a humanitarian project supporting rural schools during the difficult years from 1993 to 2009. Garst has over half a century of experience conducting in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands. We will detail the program with director Aulon Naçi. This event will honor the Garst family, who feel Albanian at heart.”

Furthermore, Robert Bisha performed with great virtuosity. His music expressed a unique vision, rich in experience and poetry.

He skillfully blended an ancient Mediterranean blues with rhythms from Albania, the Balkans, and the Middle East. In addition, he included Nordic themes, harmonies from old European traditional music, and avant-garde experiments. Thus, his original style filled the concert.

Robert Bisha is a highly praised piano virtuoso. He was born in 1984 in Vaun e Dejës and studied in Italy. Although he graduated as a pianist, he is also a multi-instrumentalist and composer.

Typically, in his concerts, Bisha plays several instruments. Moreover, he has composed music for Italian cinema. Among his awards are the first prize “Premio Pertini” and the prestigious Italian “David di Donatello” award for the soundtrack of the film  Anija  by Roland Sejko.

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