Official Trailer ✅: Season 6 Eps.15, The Sound of Perseus feat. Michael Ostrzyga, Composer

7 Apr 2026 · 2 min

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This content was created by The Piano Pod with Yukimi Song. This content was uploaded by The Piano Pod with Yukimi Song. This is a YouTube trailer titled "Official Trailer ✅: Season 6 Eps.15, The Sound of Perseus feat. Michael Ostrzyga, Composer" (uploaded 2026-04-07). The excerpt is a short podcast/video promo for The Piano Pod featuring composer/conductor Michael Ostrzyga discussing his piano writing and recent album Perseus — including the album’s inspiration (sounds associated with a black hole in the Perseus galaxy cluster), recording on a Bösendorfer Imperial, and a theme of musical exploration. A host-style speaker promotes the full episode, noting it premieres at 8 PM Eastern on the channel and that the audio will be released on major podcast platforms.

You know, there's this saying, I think it's attributed to Arnold Schoenberg, which is: Art is not derived from to be able to do something, but it's derived from to have to do something. You must do something. And from early age on, music was sort of my refuge, my sanctuary. But what I kept, I think, is the sense of discovery or exploration.
In this episode of The Piano Pod, I sit down with composer and conductor Michael Ostriga to explore his piano writing centered around his recent album, Perseus.
It happened that the pianist who plays on the album told me, because we were recording on a Bösendorfer Imperial, which has the low keys, the additional low keys, You need to write about Perseus. And I said, what are you talking about? And he said, yeah, you know, there's— I have seen this in a TV show that they actually recorded sounds from a black hole in the Perseus galaxy cluster. So it's a galaxy cluster somewhere out there. And in the center of this galaxy cluster, there's a black hole. And they recorded sounds which can be heard there because there's gas in the galaxy. So, and then I thought, yes, I could create a sort of a travelogue going to that galaxy in a way.
The full episode premieres tonight at 8 PM Eastern time on our YouTube channel, with the audio release available on all major podcast platforms. See you soon.