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Sean Hickey on the origins of his major new work Sapiens

Martin Cullingford
Friday, June 13, 2025

Inspired by Yuval Noah Harari’s work Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, the new work for solo piano has been recorded on the Sono Luminus label

Sean Hickey: 'I imagined the piano as a voyeur throughout history, including at the dawn of our species'
Sean Hickey: 'I imagined the piano as a voyeur throughout history, including at the dawn of our species'

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