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• has internationally made a name for herself worldwide as a composer, pianist, poet and visual artist
• her kaleidoscopic personal style echoes Shostakovichs tonal language, with experimental and colourful harmony and instrumentation
• many works are extra-musically inspired, for example the unusual choral cycles 72 Angels "In splendore lucis" and Goetia 72 "In umbra lucis" wrestle with angels and demons
• her ECHO award-winning ballet music The Little Mermaid, composed for John Neumeier, circled the globe, as well as the orchestral work Icarus
• soloists such as Leonidas Kavakos, Vadim Gluzman, Hilary Hahn, Kim Kashkashian and Gautier Capucon and conductors such as Vladimir Fedoseyev, Alan Gilbert, Marin Alsop, Dmitri and Vladimir Jurowski and Edward Gardner have conducted her works
• received the Hindemith Prize and the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship
• the World Economic Forum named her a Young Global Leader in 2007 and a Cultural Leader in 2014.

Works by Lera Auerbach include:
4th Symphony „Arctica“ (2019) for orchestra
Requiem (Dresden – Ode to Peace) (2012) for soli, choirs and orchestra
Gogol (2010) Opera in three acts
Dialoge mit Stabat Mater (2005) for violin, viola, vibraphone and string orchestra

Works by Lera Auerbach are published by Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski.

Looking Ahead: World premiere Time unredeemable for piano for Hastings International Piano Competition (Febr 2024); New work for saxophone and piano in New York with Andreas Mader (sax) (Apr 2024)

“The composer and interpreter reach the audience’s soul in a personal way, creating a unique bridge to their own life experiences." — Lera Auerbach

Please also visit Lera Auerbach’s website at leraauerbach.com

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