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Lorna's Room (The Loss of Love) - Sketch 2
Artist: Giulio Risi
Genre: Contemporary Classical Piano / Crossover
Release Date: June 13, 2025
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Background
“Lorna’s Room (The Loss of Love ) - Sketch 2” is the second single from Giulio Risi’s upcoming concept album Seven Sketches of Loss, an innovative contemporary classical project exploring seven perspectives of human loss. Each track serves as a musical sketch, delving into a different emotional landscape guiding listeners through a reflective journey that suggests how different types of severance ultimately converge on the same path to freedom. The album marks Giulio’s return after 15 years of silence as a composer, symbolizing the rebirth of an artist ready to resume his musical journey with a renewed vision. Driven by a deep longing to explore how composition can transform states of mind into sound, this project reflects a profound evolution in his artistic expression.
The Song
The piano breathes life into an empty room. A chair left vacant, a love now folded into silence. With each note, "Lorna's Room" deepens, tender first, then darkening like a love story reaching its end. That’s where absence takes shape: in the hollow of a desk no longer touched, in the echo of a story that once was. A haunting neoclassical elegy, unfolding as love does: soft, then sorrowful.
Second sketch of concept album 7 Sketches of Loss, a meditation on what remains when everything else is gone.
About the Artist
Giulio Risi is a multi-award-winning composer, pianist, and writer known for his innovative fusion of contemporary classical music with elements of pop, gospel and jazz. His distinctive style combines lyrical melodies with sophisticated harmonies, crafting evocative soundscapes that transcend genres and deeply connect with listeners.
Risi’s career highlights include critically acclaimed solo albums and collaborations (most notably as a member of the English progressive rock band Jadis, produced by Marillion). His evolution from jazz to contemporary classical music showcases his versatility and artistic depth. What sets him apart is his ability to weave compelling narratives through his compositions, transforming personal experiences into immersive sonic storytelling.
Detailed biography: giuliorisi.com/bio1/bio-en
Why Feature This Track?
Evocative storytelling – “Lorna’s Room” tells a haunting tale of absence and memory through expressive solo piano.
Emotional progression – The track evolves from tender to sorrowful, mirroring the arc of a fading love.
Strong conceptual frame – Part of the concept album 7 Sketches of Loss, it traces the invisible imprints that loss carves into places, memories and time.
Haunting neoclassical atmosphere – Richly melodic and structurally layered, it unfolds from a simple motif into emotional depth.
SEVEN SKETCHES OF LOSS
“Rich, evocative and deeply expressive” NeoPianoRecords
“Neoclassical: here comes the new frontier”
NTS Radio
“Haunting songs and amazing piano skills”
Kultur Müzik
“Enchanting compositions”
On Ingrowth Radio
“A bold reimagining of contemporary classical”
Peaceful Notes
“A new voice in neoclassical piano. Raw and elegant”
30 Doradus
“Unfiltered beauty. A style all his own”
Visioner
Giulio Risi creates musical landscapes where classical expressiveness merges with improvisational freedom. The Abyss (The Loss of Self) – Sketch 1 is not just a piano miniature but a profound philosophical reflection embodied in sound. The piece begins with a fragile, almost weightless melody that seems to… (read it all here)
— Music Dances While You Sleep
Risi’s composition The Abyss - The Loss of Self is a genre-bending piece that subtly blends rock elements with jazz and modern classical influences. If there’s such a thing as a new frontier of contemporary classical, this tune is it.
— Tunite Music
Lorna's Room (The Loss of Love) is unquestionably one of the most moving piano pieces we've ever heard. A fleeting yet deeply impactful neoclassical composition, the multi-award-winning Italian composer's latest offering is a haunting elegy. An emotional tale of absence and memory, melodically rich and delicately layered. It's a living piece of art, and what it doesn’t say in words is just as powerful as what it does say in tone, touch, and grace (read it all here)
— Savoy Tunes
Risi crafts an emotional environment steeped in memory, intimacy, and quiet sorrow. His long-awaited return to composing is deeply felt — not in a grandiose fashion, but in the precision, intention, and emotional integrity. The silence of his past years seems to have found its voice in the pauses, progressions, and textures of his music. Lorna’s Room (The Loss of Love) is a masterclass in emotional composition. It encapsulates Giulio Risi’s refined artistry and his rare ability to convey complex inner worlds through sound (read it all here)
— Dulaxi Magazine
Lorna’s Room is very much in the vein of Max Richter, Ólafur Arnalds, or even early Ryuichi Sakamoto, but there’s something uniquely Risi about this composition. It doesn’t aim to impress: it aims to express. And in doing so, it becomes incredibly intimate. Risi doesn’t give us answers: he gives us space. Space to grieve, to reflect, to revisit our own “Lorna’s Room” , whatever or whoever that may be. Giulio Risi isn’t some upstart on their first EP. He’s a multi-award-winning composer and pianist whose career has spanned jazz, gospel, pop, and progressive rock (shoutout to his days with Jadis, produced by Marillion).
And yet, this is his first original release in 15 years. Fifteen years. That’s not just a comeback: that’s a rebirth (read it all here)
— Odissey Magazine