Pianist Rihards Plešanovs is such a musician, and his debut solo piano album Les Flexibles, containing performances of 20th and 21st century works by both Latvian and international composers, was released in 2023. Plešanovs’ composition – inspired by John Cage (who, as per the CD booklet, “had been an active mushroom hunter and researcher”) – is very abstract, occasionally seeming more like a collection of sounds than a musical work, but, as the work progresses, it builds in intensity and turns into a rhythmic, almost jazzy work. Pianist Rihards Plešanovs convincingly shows himself as a preeminent Latvian pianist, and the Les Flexibles collection, with its panorama of 20th and 21st century piano works displays the many facets of his talents.