Noir Fantasia No. 6| Seneka Abeyratne | Improvisations for the digital piano

The Noir Fantasia cycle explores the night not as a setting, but as a state of mind. Unlike structured nocturnes or studies in form, these pieces unfold through intuition, hesitation, and discovery. Each fantasia listens to itself as it develops, allowing ideas to surface, dissolve, and return in altered form. Rather than narrating events, the cycle traces psychological movement—entry, reflection, disturbance, and withdrawal. Silence, ambiguity, and restraint are integral to the music’s language. What matters here is not resolution, but awareness: the sense of being present inside shadow, thought, and suspended time. This is noir without spectacle—private, inward, and quietly alert.
Performed and composed by Seneka Abeyratne (snabeyratne@gmail.com)
Genre: Classical – Impressionist – Free Jazz – Noir
Instrument: Yamaha Digital Piano
Noir Fantasia No. 6: The Will to Remain Upright
Stability, held by force of attention. The Will to Remain Upright holds its shape through intention rather than ease. The music proceeds with restraint and vigilance, sustaining form as an act of will. Harmony and motion are carefully maintained, not because they flow naturally, but because they must. There is no calm here, only composure. Each gesture feels assembled, attentive, and quietly determined, as if stability itself requires continuous effort. The piece does not deny tension; it manages it. Within the Noir Fantasias cycle, Fantasia VI marks the final moment where coherence still feels plausible—the last sustained belief that control, though strained, can endure.
Noir Fantasias – music thinking in shadow (21 tracks).
About the artist: Seneka Abeyratne, a retired Sri Lankan economist, has numerous creative interests, including writing (fiction/drama), photography, digital art, dancing (ballet/contemporary), choreography (classical-contemporary), and seeking beauty in dissonance via solo piano improvisations (noir classical/noir free jazz). He is a widely published author and winner of three prestigious local literary awards, including the Gratiaen Prize. His evocative, digitally altered images have been exhibited in Sri Lanka and France. Whether through word, image, or sound, his art remains an exploration of introspection — an unhurried dialogue between shadow and soul.
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