With "Ticho", the Berlin pianist and composer Marc Schmolling introduces an extraordinary album, featuring the British trumpetplayer Tom Arthurs and German singer/voice artist Almut Kühne. Together these three internationally renowned musicianscreate a chamber music that is intimate, curious, colourful, joyous, dark and playful. The music of "Ticho" (which means "silence" in Czech) is an instinctive balancing act on the exciting line between the writtenand the invented. Marc Schmolling's floating, delicate ballads are intertwined with subtle improvisations and spun out everfurther. In short: a firework of quiet tones under the magnifying glass of the moment.