I've begun writing a new work, a suite of piano solos inspired by Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". As the story takes place in Italy, I have titled the suite Romeo e Giulietta (Italian for you know what). The first piece of the suite is titled "L'incontro", literally "The Meeting", particularly a meeting of two people for the first time.

When I write music, I will often come up with a handful of artistic works that I will consult for inspiration. This particular "handful" consists of art and music from the Romeo X Juliet series,

as well as Eric Whitacre's "Nox Aurumque". The piece is saturated in bittersweet harmony, and reminds me of the similar feel I am trying to achieve. A video of the song is posted below. Wish me luck for this new collection. I'll keep everyone posted.