Jonas Gewald Masterclass

He doesn't start with a structure. He starts with a question: what does this song need right now. Jonas Gewald is a pianist and producer whose music lives between two worlds. His solo piano work is built on minimalism, sparse patterns that repeat and transform, building tension until the return home feels inevitable. His electronic project Polaroid has taken him from a studio in Hanover to a film shoot on a boat in South India, a Lili Boulanger rework on Deutsche Grammophon, and collaborations that continue to shape the neo-classical scene. In his MasterPiano masterclass, he shares both sides in full. How he composes at the piano, how he finds inspiration in a foggy photograph or a 17th-century motive, how he structures a song that tells a story rather than follows a formula. And then, inside Ableton, how a piano recording becomes a finished electronic production. Two workflows. Two released tracks, opened and explained in detail. One production built from scratch. Available now on MasterPiano.nl.