The Yard Gate To Her Home | Original Piano Composition

This is me playing “The Yard Gate to Her Home,” the first of two piano pieces that will be available on streaming platforms on July 3. Both “The Yard Gate to Her Home” and “The Stairs to Her Door” are inspired by some of the happiest memories of my childhood. They are very simple and minimalistic compositions, but they are among the most personal pieces I have ever written. This piece is inspired by the path that led to my grandmother’s home in Stepanakert, where I spent many of the happiest days of my early childhood. Before I would see her, I always heard the familiar creak of the heavy wooden gate leading into the yard. And the wooden stairs, painted orange, leading to her front door. I remember that gate so vividly. I remember playing for hours on those stairs. They were ordinary sounds, but became part of what "home" meant. They meant warmth, safety, belonging, and the certainty that I was about to see someone I loved. The opening note of this piece is almost that sound, the gate opening. Today, that home no longer exists for my family in the way it once did. Like more than 100,000 Armenians forced to leave Artsakh in September 2023, we lost not only a place, but also the chance to return to the land where generations of our family lived. Many precious photographs remained behind, and some memories now survive only in our hearts. These compositions are not about sorrow. They are about preserving happiness, about the sounds that become part of who we are, and the places that continue to live within us even when we can no longer return. I believe we all carry sounds that instantly bring us back to childhood. I hope this music brings you back to one of those places, too. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0H0pe... Apple Music (iTunes):   / narine-melkumjan   Thanks for listening. Narine #piano #pianomusic #originalmusic relaxing piano music original solo piano calming instrumental piano for study or sleep emotional piano composition