Currently in post-production — the film Merope – A Journey to Authenticity features one of the 7 tracks of my award winning album Pleiades. The track Merope is featured in this short film by Juan Carlos Zaldivar, and besides my music and story it highlights dance & choreography by Jordan Pelliteri, visual art by Amy […]
Category: Film
Interview Musings with Kerani on OWMR Radio
During my recent visit to the Netherlands I had the pleasure to sit down with Kerani, host of radio program Musings with Kerani. In her program, Kerani allows musicians to express in their own words how the essence of their work connects with their listeners. Previous interviews hosted by her include Andreas Vollenweide and Eric […]
Lotus Dreams Hits 250K Spins
The title track Lotus Dreams, from the album with the same name, echoes the soaring harmonies of one’s imagination where the erhu — a bowed, two-stringed Chinese fiddle — sings its soulful song throughout. This week this track surpassed 250 K spins on the popular streaming platform soundcloud. Alternating between tender, sonorous, and stirring, this […]
Home Away from Home
At some point in our lives we all ask ourselves: “Where is home?” Many people that move to a new country find themselves adjusting to their new environments while, at the same time, being nostalgic for their home lands. Our memories of what “home” feels like tends to be tied to nostalgia and is connected only to the […]
Pleiades Wins Best Ambient Album of the Year Award
PLEIADES has been voted co-winner of the 2020 ZMR Music Awards for Best Ambient Album of the Year. Since the voting has resulted in a tie, the album shares the win with Darshan Ambient’s album “A day like any other”. Many thanks to Zone Music Reporter and Zone Music Reporter Award Show staff for their […]
Dreaming of Whales – Original Soundtrack Released
Available The FIlm The immersive score Dreaming of Whales by Christel Veraart, commissioned by ILLUMINATE Film Festival’s curatorial team, was originally meant as a stand-alone meditative soundscape. However, just three weeks prior to the festival when director Sebastian Jobst first heard and was overwhelmed by Veraart’s Dreaming of Whales score, he immediately set out to create a second film […]
ILLUMINATE Film Festival and Sedona Conservatory present Dreaming of Whales
ILLUMINATE Film Festival and Sedona Conservatory present DREAMING OF WHALES: Film/Music Premiere & Conversation with Composer Christel Veraart and Russell Fox on Sunday, June 27 at 2 PM PST at Sedona’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Award-winning Sedona-based composer and singer Christel Veraart will discuss the nearly mystical creative process of composing film scores and working with equally creative film […]
Ama’ara and Dreaming of Whales at Sedona’s Illuminate Film Festival
One of this year’s selections at ILLUMINATE, a five day film festival dedicated to elevating human consciousness through cinema, is Ama’ara – Song of the Whales, a poetic film by German based director Sebastian Jobst that tells the story of spiritual singer and healer Marina Trost, who follows her calling to cross oceans and save whales […]
Hollywood Representation
Based in Hollywood, The Max Steiner Agency represents composers, producers, post and production crew for Film, TV & Video Game Projects. As of this week I am happy to announce they will be representing my music. Max Steiner Agency – Christel Veraart Christel Veraart on IMDb
Hearts of Space features Polar Suite
The Hearts of Space radio program featured Christel Veraart’s music in two recent programs dedicated to the wintry north: Polaris – Feb 1 Featured Aurora from Polar Suite Frozen Times – Feb 8 Featured Trance from Arctic Aquarelles and Alyeska from Polar Suite Hearts of Space is a weekly syndicated public radio show in the […]