光、静寂、そして記憶を巡る旅。

１つ１つの音が窓。１つ１つの休符が空。

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1. Cathédrale

I composed this piece the night the world wept for Notre-Dame. In my mind, I was alone at the piano—playing through the flames, offering music as prayer, to quiet the fire.

ノートルダム大聖堂の火災が世界を悲しませた夜。私は心の中で、誰もいない大聖堂にただひとり、ピアノを奏でて炎を鎮める祈りとして音楽を捧げていた。

2. Neapolis

A journey into my roots — where every note carries the scent of the sea, the voices of alleys, and the golden echo of my Naples.

私のルーツへの旅。海の香りと路地裏の喧騒、ナポリの輝きがエコーとなり、音楽へと導く。

3. Sky

Through the clouds and across the sky — a single color that unites the world, beyond borders, beyond difference.

雲を通り抜け、空を渡る。それは国境も違いも超えて、世界をひとつに繋ぐ、たった一つの色。

4. Lady Snow

Dedicated to Yuki, who faced her illness with grace and strength. A steady, rhythmic pulse — a heartbeat that connects us to life, even in its darkest hours.

ユキに捧げる。病と向き合い、それを乗り越えた彼女の強さと優しさに。一定のリズムが刻まれる鼓動は、どんな暗闇の時でも命が動いている証。

5. Over the Wings

Dedicated to Spiderciccio, a child who flew to the sky too soon. But with his wings, he touched the world — and reached the light, to shine forever on those who loved him.

Spiderciccioへ捧げる。あまりにも早く空へ旅立った小さな命。彼の翼は世界に降り立ち、光になって降り注ぎ、彼を愛した人たちを今も照らしている。

6. Tears of Peace

News reaches our eyes like fragments of sorrow, each tear carrying a story we cannot reduce to headlines. Every drop is a silent cry — a call for peace that no image can truly capture.

悲しみを切り取った破片のように、私たちの目に飛び込んでくる報道。一粒一粒の涙には

語られぬ物語があり、それを見出しだけで語ることなどできない。流れる涙は、静かな叫び。平和を求める、声なき祈り。

7. By the Sea

An improvisation born at Abbey Road Studio Two. I was born in a city by the sea — Naples — and though I now live in Tokyo, every time I see the ocean, I feel a little closer to home.

アビー・ロードスタジオ2で生まれた即興曲。東京で暮らす私にとって、海岸は故郷ナポリを感じさせてくれる場所。

8. El Tango del Diez

I wrote it in one night, after hearing in Japan that Diego Maradona had passed away. In that moment, it wasn’t just a football legend who died — but a superhero, loved and admired by every Neapolitan child of the ’80s.

日本にいる時、ディエゴ・マラドーナの訃報を受け取ってすぐに、一晩で書き上げた曲。サッカーの天才というだけではなく、彼は僕たち80年代のナポリの子どもたちが心から愛し、憧れたスーパーヒーローだった。

9. Joy

I was alone in a Tokyo hotel, waiting for a concert that day — when I received the happiest news of my life: the birth of my son. This melody came to me instantly, born from the overwhelming joy I wished to hold on to… forever.

コンサートを控え、都内のホテルに一人で泊まっていた朝。人生で一番嬉しい知らせが届いた。息子の誕生だ。すぐに頭に浮かんだこのメロディーは、あの時ほとばしった感動と喜びを永遠に感じていたいと思ったからだ。

10. For Mom

I had never dedicated a piece to my mother — until now. Living far from my parents, I feel a growing need to say thank you, even if our story wasn’t always easy. This is a whisper of gratitude, wrapped in music.

これまで母のために曲を書いたことはなかった。遠く離れて暮らすようになった今、「ありがとう」と伝えたい気持ちが少しずつ大きくなっていく。決して順風満帆な関係ではなかったけれど…だからこそその複雑さを音に託した、僕なりの感謝の想い。

Bonus Track – Nagoriyuki

The last snow of winter carries the scent of spring. In Japan, even as cherry blossoms bloom, the cold still lingers in late March — a gentle handoff between two seasons. As if winter and spring touch hands, and in that fleeting moment, life returns, painting the world in color.

冬の最後の雪は、春の香りを運んでくる。桜が咲き始める頃の日本は、まだ風が冷たい。まるで季節と季節がそっと手を触れ合わせるように、冬から春へ…静かに命が芽吹いてバトンを渡す。そのわずかな瞬間に、再び世界が色づき息を吹き返すのが聞こえる。

Breaking a three-year silence, Alberto Pizzo finally releases his new album — Skylight!

Following the critical acclaim of his third album Memories (Sony Classical), where he showcased not only his skill as a pianist but also his talent as a composer, Alberto Pizzo returns with Skylight — a work that captures the skies he has seen, the paths he has walked, and the atmosphere he has breathed.

The title Skylight is a fusion of “Sky” and “Light.” A skylight is a window to the heavens — and here, it represents the gentle light that pours through, illuminating even the darkest spaces with hope.

All ten tracks were composed by Pizzo himself and recorded at Abbey Road Studios (Studio 2) in London. Two of the pieces were improvised live in the studio. The album features a bonus track recorded in Japan, bringing the total to eleven compositions — each evoking different seasons, weather, and times of day, as if gazing up at skies from all around the world.

Just as the sky can appear in different hues depending on our state of mind, so too can the tones of this music shift with each listener’s emotional landscape.

Like ever-changing skies, we each carry within us a mosaic of emotions. And yet, the sky remains — always embracing us, always delivering its light.

Each note in Skylight seems to carry Pizzo’s gentleness, his sense of hope — shining softly through the music.

“There are days when we cannot even look up at the sky.

Days when everything seems to fade into grey.

Wrapped in darkness, we lose sight of the world, of meaning, of our dreams.

But it is within that very silence of darkness that a sacred trial is hidden —

the trial of continuing to believe in the light, even when we cannot see it.

In the darkest of moments, small miracles unfold quietly.

A single beam of light slips through a crack in the wall, gently illuminating the pages of our story.

And suddenly, we realize —

the days we lived with love, the steps we took one by one,

were quietly writing the truest pages of our life.”

As he speaks these words, a soft blue sky seems to reflect in his eyes.

The physical release includes detailed liner notes in both English and Japanese, written by the composer himself, along with an original sticker. The striking cover art makes it a piece you’ll want to display in your room.