Lera Auerbach
• Lera Auerbach has become internationally recognised as a composer, pianist, conductor, poet and visual artist
• Her kaleidoscopic musical language, sometimes reminiscent of Shostakovich, is experimental, colourful and full of great emotions
• Many of her works are inspired by extra-musical sources
• Her worldwide successes include the ECHO award-winning ballet music The Little Mermaid, which she wrote for the choreographer John Neumeier, and the orchestral work Icarus
• Performers such as Leonidas Kavakos, Vadim Gluzman, Hilary Hahn, Kim Kashkashian and Gautier Capuçon as well as conductors such as Vladimir Fedoseyev, Alan Gilbert, Marin Alsop, Manfred Honeck, Dmitri and Vladimir Jurowski and Edward Gardner play his works
• Winner of the Hindemith Prize and the Paul and Daisy Soros Scholarship
• Named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2007 and a Cultural Leader in 2014
• AHF artists in focus for 2024
• Composer-in-Residence at the Festival Muséiques de Basel, the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa in Japan, the Dresdner Staatskapelle and the Semperoper, among others
Works by Lera Auerbach include:
Symphonie Nr. 6 “Vessels of Light für Violoncello, Chor und Orchester (2022)
Flights of the Angakok für gem. Chor, Klavier, Schlagzeug und Theremin (2023)
Requiem (Dresden – Ode an den Frieden) (2012) für Soli, Chöre und Orchester
Gogol (2010). Oper in drei Akten
Icarus für Orchester (2006/2011)
Works by Lera Auerbach are published by Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski.
Looking Ahead: world premiere of On Grief and Wonder (Adam's Lament) by Bremen Philharmonic conducted by Valentin Uryupin (11 May)
“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
