Ralph Zurmühle, Swiss composer and pianist, discovered his natural talent for the piano at the early age of five. He fostered it over decades with jazz and classical music studies.

Ralph's 5 CDs, composed mostly for piano, have been met with international critical acclaim. His first CD Between was released in 2000, Communion followed in 2003 and Our Mother in 2007. His fourth CD eQuinox (2011) is produced and distributed by Valley Entertainment, New York. Ralph's most recent album Reflections was released in 2014.

Compositions from these CDs have been featured in films and multi-media projects worldwide. For more than twenty years Ralph has been scoring music for film and performing solo piano concerts, mostly playing his own repertoire.

Sounds Like: Keith Jarrett, Claude Debussy

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"Full of subtle changes of tempo and nuance, Reflections is Ralph Zurmühle's strongest effort to date. A very personal statement, deeper and perhaps even more varied than anything Zurmühle has ever tried before. Listen to it and you will surely remember what you did not know you had forgotten." - Andrés Ibáñez, classical music critic of ABC, Madrid.

About Ralph

Ralph Zurmuhle, originally from Zurich (Switzerland) and currently in Tucson (Arizona) by way of Barcelona (Spain), holds a Science of Law degree from the University of Zurich. At the early age of five Ralph discovered his natural talent for the piano and began private lessons. He studied classical music and jazz until the age of twenty.

He later collaborated in several jazz-rock groups in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. In 1986 he began to compose music for film, theater and multimedia. His most recent projects are: "All Secrets", feature film (Edinburgh, 2008), "L'horitzo", multimedia exhibit (Metronom, Barcelona, and International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Almeria, Spain, 2006), "Norro", documentary (National Spanish TV, 2006).

Ralph's 3 CDs composed for piano have been met with critical acclaim. His first solo CD for piano "Between" was released in 2000. He followed that initial release with "Communion" in 2003 and "Our Mother" in 2007.

He has performed many solo piano concerts throughout Spain, either playing his own repertoire or, on special occasions, purely improvising. In 2005 he composed the score for several classical silent movies by Bunuel, Clair, Man Ray, Duchamp etc. and performed live for the "New music for classic silent films" series at the Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM), one of Spain's most prestigious contemporary art museums.

For more information about Ralph's music and collaboration in film and multimedia projects, please visit his homepage.