Leo Matyushkin — A Poem About the Grey Heron

An experiment in combining the voice of the chinese lute (pipa) with the clarinet. The track was recorded in July 2019 and mastered in August 2026.

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The cover artwork — an albino flower — was photographed in a forest near Shin-Nakano Dam, Japan, in May 2026.

📍 The video was filmed in May–July 2026, mostly across Japan (Osaka, Kobe, Nara, Kyoto, Hakodate, Tokyo), with several fragments shot in Busan, South Korea, in April 2026.

Edited in Almaty and Bishkek — August 2026

Music, video & photography by Leo Matyushkin

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