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The Thailand HRDs
MIVOS Quartet performs the World Premiere, August 6, in Toronto. 35-movement string quartet in collaboration with photographer Luke Duggleby and Protection International For Those Who Died Trying Read More
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FRANK HORVAT - Composer · Pianist · Songwriter · Recording Artist · Arranger · Producer
Album Sampler
- I Wait For You Edwin Huizinga (violin), Erika Nielsen (cello), Gregory Millar (piano) more... 03:44
- Diverging Crossroads Frank Horvat (piano) more... 08:32
- Void Laura Swankey (vocals), Frank Horvat (piano) more... 10:01
- Whistleblower Jamie Thompson (flute), Erika Nielsen (cello), Daniel Morphy (marimba), Frank Horvat (electric piano) more... 09:55
- Return to East Aleppo Frank Horvat (piano) more... 05:09
- fishworshipper The Frank Horvat Band more... 03:06
- The Man, the Snake and the Fox, movt. 5 Ron Korb (flute), Ralitsa Tcholakova (violin), Benjamin Smith (piano) more... 01:54
- Starsky & Hutch Frank Horvat (piano) more... 03:36
- The Hurting Game The Frank Horvat Band more... 01:35
- The Week After Frank Horvat (piano) more... 10:06
- The Dignity Song Romy Mounzer (vocals), Frank Horvat (piano) more... 04:39
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Latest Compositions
The Thailand HRDs2016-17 – for string quartet – 70:00 (35-movements, each movement is 2 minutes) Commissioned by Protection International Recipient of the 2017 Kathleen McMorrow Music Award Recording Album: For Those Who Died Trying Date: expected December 2018 Location: Canterbury Studios, Toronto Musicians: Mivos Quartet Producer: Frank Horvat Premiere Performance World Premiere: August 6, 2018, Toronto, Canada […]View Item -
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An Understated Resolve2014 – solo piano – 3:42 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Recording Album: You Haven’t Been Buy Piece: iTunes Date: September 20, 2017 Location: Canterbury Studios, Toronto Musicians: Frank Horvat (piano) Producer: Frank Horvat Programme Notes This composition is dedicated to a friend who always shows grace, wisdom and an understated resolve – a special […]View Item -
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Piano Piece No. 52015 – 4 hands / 2 pianos – 9:00 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Piano Piece No. 5 (Frank Horvat) from Millar Piano Duo on Vimeo. Performances World Premiere: November 20, 2017, University of New Hampshire Millar Piano Duo Programme Notes Unlike many of my compositions, this piece is not programmatic, as is evident by the […]View Item -
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Void2016-17 – for female voice and piano – 10:00 Music by Frank Horvat Words by Frank Horvat & Lisa Horvat Recording Album: Love in 6 Stages Buy Song: iTunes Date: September 21, 2017 Location: THE FARM, Toronto Musicians: Laura Swankey (vocals), Frank Horvat (piano) Producer: Frank Horvat and Jean Martin Programme Notes I composed […]View Item -
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End2016-17 – for female voice and piano – 10:00 Music by Frank Horvat Words by Lisa Horvat Recording Album: Love in 6 Stages Buy Song: iTunes Date: September 21, 2017 Location: THE FARM, Toronto Musicians: Laura Swankey (vocals), Frank Horvat (piano) Producer: Frank Horvat and Jean Martin Programme Notes I composed End to be […]View Item -
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Fight2016-17 – for female voice and piano – 10:00 Music by Frank Horvat Words by Frank Horvat & Lisa Horvat Recording Album: Love in 6 Stages Buy Song: iTunes Date: September 21, 2017 Location: THE FARM, Toronto Musicians: Laura Swankey (vocals), Frank Horvat (piano) Producer: Frank Horvat and Jean Martin Programme Notes I composed […]View Item -
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Bliss2016-17 – for female voice and piano – 10:00 Music by Frank Horvat Words by Frank Horvat & Lisa Horvat Recording Album: Love in 6 Stages Buy Song: iTunes Date: September 21, 2017 Location: THE FARM, Toronto Musicians: Laura Swankey (vocals), Frank Horvat (piano) Producer: Frank Horvat and Jean Martin Programme Notes I composed […]View Item -
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Lust2016-17 – for female voice and piano – 10:00 Music by Frank Horvat Words by Frank Horvat & Lisa Horvat Recording Album: Love in 6 Stages Buy Song: iTunes Date: September 21, 2017 Location: THE FARM, Toronto Musicians: Laura Swankey (vocals), Frank Horvat (piano) Producer: Frank Horvat and Jean Martin Programme Notes I composed […]View Item -
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Gaze2016-17 – for female voice and piano – 10:00 Music by Frank Horvat Words by Frank Horvat & Lisa Horvat Recording Album: Love in 6 Stages Buy Song: iTunes Date: September 21, 2017 Location: THE FARM, Toronto Musicians: Laura Swankey (vocals), Frank Horvat (piano) Producer: Frank Horvat and Jean Martin Programme Notes I composed […]View Item -
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Heat Island2017 – piano – 9:30 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Performances World Premiere: July 13, 2017, Music & Beyond Festival, Horticulture Building, Ottawa Frank Horvat (piano) Programme Notes When you read the words “Heat Island”, one might imagine “fun-in-the-sun” touristy images or the title of some chintzy Reality TV show. The true reality though is that […]View Item -
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Return to East Aleppo2017 – piano & electronics – 5:12 Recording Album: Never Again Is Now Buy Album: The Aleppo Music Project Musicians: Various including Frank Horvat (piano) Programme Notes On January 18, 2017, I read an article on BBC News’ web site by journalist, Jeremy Brown, who provided a detailed first-hand account of the return of […]View Item -
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Fifty-Ninth Index2015 – electronic – 3:45 Programme Notes I composed this electronic work as my contribution to an online arts project entitled 58 (+1) INDICES ON THE BODY. The project, a collaboration between the AMAE Art Collective, artist Pier Giorgio De Pinto and the philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, called on composers to create a work that would […]View Item -
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Despair2016 – solo piano – 2:45 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Recording Album: You Haven’t Been Buy Piece: iTunes Date: September 20, 2017 Location: Canterbury Studios, Toronto Musicians: Frank Horvat (piano) Producer: Frank Horvat Programme Notes Then bitter self-reproaches as I stood I dealt me silently As one perverse–misrepresenting Good In graceless mutiny. Excerpt from […]View Item -
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Distant2016 – solo piano – 3:22 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Recording Album: You Haven’t Been Buy Piece: iTunes Date: September 20, 2017 Location: Canterbury Studios, Toronto Musicians: Frank Horvat (piano) Producer: Frank Horvat Programme Notes Yes, I can be quite distant. Sometimes that’s good, sometimes bad. It’s always just been that way ever since […]View Item -
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Longing2016 – solo piano – 3:38 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Recording Album: You Haven’t Been Buy Piece: iTunes Date: September 20, 2017 Location: Canterbury Studios, Toronto Musicians: Frank Horvat (piano) Producer: Frank Horvat Programme Notes I am constantly longing. Often, I don’t even know what I’m longing for. It’s always festering inside me. Sometimes […]View Item -
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Crossroads Where I Stand2015 – solo piano – 3:50 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Recording Album: You Haven’t Been Buy Piece: iTunes Date: September 20, 2017 Location: Canterbury Studios, Toronto Musicians: Frank Horvat (piano) Producer: Frank Horvat Programme Notes Do you ever wish you had taken another path? Made a different important life decision? It is hard standing […]View Item -
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Realizations2015 – solo piano – 3:05 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Recording Album: You Haven’t Been Buy Piece: iTunes Date: September 20, 2017 Location: Canterbury Studios, Toronto Musicians: Frank Horvat (piano) Producer: Frank Horvat Programme Notes Often when I’m alone within my own thoughts, I will come to certain rational and/or emotional revelations. Rather than […]View Item -
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Goodbye Louisa2015 – solo piano – 4:28 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Recording Album: You Haven’t Been Buy Piece: iTunes Date: September 20, 2017 Location: Canterbury Studios, Toronto Musicians: Frank Horvat (piano) Producer: Frank Horvat Programme Notes I was with Louisa for 8 years. In that time, she gave me much room to grow. But she […]View Item -
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Desolate Heart2016 – solo piano – 2:43 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Recording Album: You Haven’t Been Buy Piece: iTunes Date: September 20, 2017 Location: Canterbury Studios, Toronto Musicians: Frank Horvat (piano) Producer: Frank Horvat Programme Notes I cannot put into words what it feels like to walk through life with emptiness in my heart. My […]View Item -
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Crestfallen2016 – solo piano – 3:06 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Recording Album: You Haven’t Been Buy Piece: iTunes Date: September 20, 2017 Location: Canterbury Studios, Toronto Musicians: Frank Horvat (piano) Producer: Frank Horvat Programme Notes Bury me whole in Autumn leaves, In golden clusters lay me down, Inhaling the damp brown decay. For Autumn […]View Item -
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Just One Moment2015 – for one piano, three hands – 2:30 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Recording Album: You Haven’t Been Buy Piece: iTunes Date: September 20, 2017 Location: Canterbury Studios, Toronto Musicians: Frank Horvat (piano) Producer: Frank Horvat Programme Notes Do you ever get that slight glimmer of hope? It’s not to be confused with joy […]View Item -
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My Fractured Soul2016 – for two pianos, four hands – 3:06 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Recording Album: You Haven’t Been Buy Piece: iTunes Date: September 20, 2017 Location: Canterbury Studios, Toronto Musicians: Frank Horvat (piano) Producer: Frank Horvat Programme Notes I often feel broken on the inside. Then The Voice starts to encourage me, pushing me […]View Item -
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Silent Struggle2016 – solo piano – 2:32 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Recording Album: You Haven’t Been Buy Piece: iTunes Date: September 20, 2017 Location: Canterbury Studios, Toronto Musicians: Frank Horvat (piano) Producer: Frank Horvat Programme Notes I often wonder why I rarely cry. I sometimes think I’m heartless, have no soul, no empathy. Then it […]View Item -
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Diverging Crossroads2015 – solo piano – 8:33 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Performances July 13, 2017, Music & Beyond Festival, Horticulture Building, Ottawa Frank Horvat (piano) Album: You Haven’t Been Buy Piece: iTunes Date: September 20, 2017 Location: Canterbury Studios, Toronto Musicians: Frank Horvat (piano) Producer: Frank Horvat Programme Notes I sometimes feel like there are […]View Item -
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The It Is of Emptiness2016-17 – electronic – 5:00 Programme Notes When I first started meditating, I was always under the misperception that I needed to meditate in order to make myself feel better and happier. But instead I quickly realized meditation is most effective when there’s no expectations attached to the practice. To allow one’s being to be […]View Item
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Love in 6 StagesFrom Gaze to Lust to Bliss and on in a downward spiral, Love in 6 Stages takes you through the journey of an ill-fated relationship using the simplicity of voice and piano.Buy Album
Video: Lust
"A work where minimalism meets art song and where the two milieus collide in the visceral physicality and psychology of love...the six aspects of love turn into something superbly aerodynamic."
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You Haven't BeenA follow-up response to Horvat’s first solo piano album a decade earlier (I’ll Be Good), You Haven’t Been takes on a beautiful and captivating tone. Introspective, full of hope and despair, the music looks at this storytelling pianist’s own struggles with mental health.Buy Album
Video: Diverging Crossroads
"...so deeply personal that listening to the music requires an intrusive mindset…recording the events of this long and difficult expedition in deeply personal and profoundly beautiful music."
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The Current AgendaSocial justice music of today, in a powerful, brutal and heartfelt electro-chamber package.Buy Album
Video: 08/14/13 - Cairo
"Horvat focuses his outward vision and glares at the world in all its nakedness. What he sees results in music filled with anger, a mesmeric and hypnotic visual account of a world gone mad."
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Me to WeAn utterly emotional exploration of the potency of love. The music will wrench your heart apart and then piece it back together again.Buy Album
Video: I Wait For You
"...warm sounds that evoke healing, through music that is mysterious and exotic as well as long limbed and almost aria like without the vocals." – WholeNote Magazine -
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Strange MachineThis album is indie rock with a splash of art. Crafted like a playlist, try listening to the whole album to see its effect. Pure energy that comes straight out of your speakers directly into your heart and soul. Video: Strange MachineBuy Album
"These songs will grant one rare access to peer into the soul of a quintessential artist and tormented soul that none of us can get enough of." – Indie Music Review -
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I Can See YouA little indie and a little art rock... Pop, poetry and modern expression in a beautifully pained existence. Video: Inspired by the One I LoveBuy Album
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A Little Dark MusicAn ambient yet powerful collection of compositions featuring four introspective tracks exploring real-world themes. Video: Earth HourBuy Album
"Earth Hour really should be heard as one continuous piece, a journey... Highly recommended."
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I'll Be GoodAn aggressive and virtuosic collection of original solo piano compositions. These pieces without words tell deeply personal stories. Video: Like Franz Liszt and Metallica in a cage match!Buy Album
"Wildly original, often chaotic, eclectic as all get-out, and quite a ride."
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Recent Posts
Ultimate Composer Experience (a photo recap)This week was the world premiere and recording of my composition, The Thailand HRDs, commissioned by Protection International. Based off of the photo essay by Luke Duggleby entitled, For Those Who Died Trying. This collection of pics gives you a look at this amazing experience.View post -
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BIG Happenings This WeekThis week, there’s going to be an amazing flurry of musical activities in my life! It’s all based around the world premiere performance and recording sessions for my composition for string quartet, The Thailand HRDs. This week has been years in the making. It’s such a wonderful feeling to have it all build up to […]View post -
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Weddings Are Wonderful!This week, Lisa and I had the pleasure of attending the wedding of a good friend. Over the years, we have been fortunate to attend a handful of weddings of close friends. Sometimes, there are gaps between such occurrences. It had been quite a while since we attended our last before this week. All the […]View post -
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World’s Most Random Survey…But Still Important…To Me…Sort OfThis will take 2 minutes, I promise you’ll have fun. It’s anonymous, please be honest. Thank you for participating. Loading… Thanks for doing your part!View post -
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I Have A Great Idea……but I don’t have the time to bring it to life on my own. It’s sort of geared to Classical musicians here in Toronto. How many of you know what a pop-up store is? Well, what about a pop-up concert space for chamber music? Toronto has so many awesome store-front spaces in various neighbourhoods that […]View post -
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From Passivity to Interactivity in Classical MusicSo I came across this video… video courtesy of Philip Venables, Ivan Hewitt and The Telegraph Wow, I have never been to a concert like that! It’s so interesting that Zappa was doing stuff like this decades ago but everyone just thought of it as being sort of his “thing”. Is audience interactivity the essential […]View post -
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6 Reasons Why The Piano Is The Best InstrumentWith a lot of my piano students now on summer break, this gives me some time to do something I haven’t done in a while – practice piano. In October, I’d like to perform a full-length recital of some of my recent piano compositions, so the timing to get myself back in shape couldn’t be […]View post -
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How I Cope with Depression [VLOG]Here are some of the different ways I cope with depression. What are your tips? (this is the helpful web page I mention in the video)View post -
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My Destiny….Rock Star!I think I was around 11 or 12 years of age when I told my parents I wanted to be a musician when I grew up. I didn’t say it with that casual/dreamy tone kids reveal they want to be an astronaut or pro athlete…no, I was VERY serious! And I guess the words of […]View post -
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Summertime and the Living is CheaplyEarlier this week, my wife/manager, Lisa, and I had THE TALK. It’s the talk we have every June. It’s the talk where we sit in front of a spreadsheet and ponder how we are going to make ends meet during the summer months. I know that this is something that’s not unique to just us. […]View post -
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Standing Pat on Spotify vs Apple Music?Of my multitude of musical friends, Pat is one who’s perspectives on music I listen to very often. We grew up together, played in bands together and have always shared a special bond as we’ve moved through life. So it was no surprise that Pat had much to share after reading my recent blog post […]View post -
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Inspiring Story RE: Live MusicThis week, Lisa and I attended a performance by the Ladom Ensemble, a wonderful Canadian chamber group that performs new music along with unique arrangements of old music, all within the brilliant confines of their diverse blend of instrumentation and varied musical inspirations. I had seen Ladom’s videos online but had never seen them live. […]View post -
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Longing in Sound and PictureThis past week saw the release of the music video for my piano composition, Longing. My wife, Lisa, put’s together all of my videos. When the 4 new albums came out last fall, Lisa had the goal of creating a video for each of the 28 compositions from those 4 albums. Since then, she has […]View post -
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Spotify’s No Longer the Elephant in the RoomThanks to technology, there’s a multitude of ways that people can ingest music these days. But no doubt, Spotify is one of the major players. Having recently gone public, they’ve now cemented themselves in the top echelons of online entertainment giants like Google, Facebook, and Netflix. I personally made the Spotify leap about a year […]View post -
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Family’s Important. But Language Is More.In the past week, I received news of the passing of my Grand-Uncle Steve. My late paternal grandfather’s youngest brother was a hard-working and jovial man. Like many of his generation, he fled Communist Eastern Europe in the mid 20th Century in search of greater freedom and prosperity. Eventually, he settled in Manitoba, met a […]View post
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...put something together that really can be compared to Pink Floyd and the more out there aspects of Bjork... A must hear.
Raul da Gamathewholenote.comFrank Horvat is one of the most inventive song writers to come out of the contemporary scene in Canada. ...duos appear to tear through the composer's innards not simply to discover his heart, but to gather its myriad pieces and bind them back together again. Horvat's work is exquisitely eventful and almost insidiously
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John Teraudsmusicaltoronto.orgToronto pianist [and composer] Frank Horvat likes to do things his way, not anyone else's. He ignores genre boundaries and isn’t afraid to mix politics with art.
Thom Ellisindie music reviewThese songs will grant one rare access to peer into the soul of a quintessential artist and tormented soul that none of us can get enough of.
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