ArtistLed, the independent record label founded by David Finckel and Wu Han, is proud to announce the release of its twelfth album, For David and Wu Han. The recording features four contemporary works for cello and piano by composers Bruce Adolphe, Lera Auerbach, Pierre Jalbert and George Tsontakis. The works were all commissioned for and premiered by Finckel and Wu Han.
National Ballet of Canada
November 25 – 29, 2009 October 28, 2009
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto.
Watch her, a world premiere by Aszure Barton featuring music by Lera Auerbach opens on November 25, 2009 and is presented with George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments and Jerome Robbins’ Glass Pieces. Click here to read more »
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The Russian-American composer Lera Auerbach has made a short adaptation of her 2005 work “Dialogues with Stabat Mater.” Bearing the title “Sogno di Stabat Mater,” it will receive its world premiere on 18 September 2009 in Braunschweig. The work for violin, viola, vibraphone and string orchestra (based on Pergolesi) was commissioned by Gidon Kremer for a CD production for Nonesuch Records. The recording will be issued in the late summer of 2010. Click here to read more »
Lera Auerbach ist Literatin und Komponistin – eine der wichtigsten der Gegenwart. Ein Gespräch über den Anspruch moderner klassischer Musik und die Kraft der Kunst.
ZEIT ONLINE: Frau Auerbach, moderne klassische Musik hat es schwer zwischen den Vier Jahreszeiten und der Eroica. Wie erwecken Sie Interesse für Ihre Werke?
Lera Auerbach: Leidenschaft schafft Leidenschaft. Ich denke, moderne klassische Musik ist sehr aufregend. Wenn Zuhörer Konzerte erleben, die spannend sind und sich mit ihren Gefühlen direkt verbinden, wird ihr Interesse geweckt. Ich hoffe, dass meine Arbeit die Kraft in sich trägt, eine Verbindung zu meiner Generation herzustellen.
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Lera Auerbach was born on 21 October 1973 in Tscheljabinsk (Ural) on the edge of Siberia. She began playing the piano early on and made her first public appearance at the age of six. At the age of eight she played together with an orchestra for the first time. At the age of twelve she composed her first opera, which was immediately produced and presented in many parts of the Soviet Union. Click here to read more »
