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 […]
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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 […]
Pleiades Nominated Best Ambient Album of the Year
Pleiades is nominated Best Ambient Album of the Year in the 17th Annual Zone Music Reporter (ZMR) Music Awards. ZMR is the industry source for New Age, World, Ambient, and many other genres of music. ““Pleiades” by Christel Veraart is a phenomenal ambient album! It is highly meditative and there is a lot of variation in […]
Dreaming of Whales – Review by Yoga, Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher Doris Iding
Doris Iding is a yoga, meditation and mindfulness teacher based in Munich, Germany. Below she captured her first impressions on my Dreaming of Whales, a sixteen minute long composition inspired by whales that subsequently inspired German director Sebastian Jobst (also Munich based) to create a movie with the same title. Dreaming of Whales will premiere […]
Musings with a Marine Biologist on Whales
Being married to a marine biologist has opened worlds that weren’t known to me before. Among many other intriguing wonders of the ocean world he introduced me to Velella Velella, or as they are known in layman speak, “by the wind sailors”. These intriguing creatures, so I learned, have a small rigid sail that projects […]
Review of Christel Veraart’s New Single: Dreaming of Whales by Vivek Kumar
More Reviews Vivek is a music enthusiast from India. He works as a writer and translator. Passionate about good and meaningful music, he loves to explore and learn about new inspirations that make the artists to create new compositions. He writes his views about music on his New Music Alert blog. Contact Vivek Kumar
Dreaming of Whales – Elevating Music and Film from Entertainment to Art by Conductor/Lecturer Russell Fox
RUSSELL LAWRENCE FOX, conductor and music director of the internationally broadcast Hollywood Bowl Easter Sunrise Service 1983-2006, was Founder/Director of Performing Arts for International Relief, Conductor of the Bel Canto Symphony and Master Symphony, Los Angeles, as well as Conductor of the Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra. Having served as Board President of the Northern League […]
Pleiades Nominated Best New Age Album 2020
One World Music Radio album awards nominated Pleiades for the best New Age album 2020 in their 8th Annual Album Awards. The results will be announced on Wednesday 26th May.