Mari Samuelsen - on Moonlight

Mari has always enjoyed the challenge of rethinking familiar works – as can be heard in the new interpretations of music by Bach, Jóhannsson and Max Richter on ’Mari’, her Deutsche Grammophon debut album. The ever popular “Moonlight” Sonata, however, holds a particularly special place in her heart. “When listening to the ‘Moonlight Sonata’,” she explains, “I feel my soul getting detoxified. It’s like an internal cleansing of my emotional and mental system, a dream or a fantasy where you’re invited into a different world for some five minutes. I think it’s impossible to define if it’s dark or light. It gives me a feeling of hope and enlightenment, and of reflection and consciousness.” Mari Samuelsen - Moonlight Listen to ’Moonlight’: