Lera Auerbach

Lera Auerbach ({{lang-ru|???? ???????}}; b. October 21, 1973 in Chelyabinsk, Russia) is one of the most widely performed composers of the new generation.

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October 21 - 1973 - Chelyabinsk - Russia - Composer

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She was born in Chelyabinsk, a city in the Urals bordering Siberia. Auerbach continues the tradition of virtuoso pianist-composers of the 19th and 20th centuries. She is the youngest composer on the roster of the prestigious international music publishing company Hans Sikorski well-known as a home to Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Schnittke, Gubaidulina and Kancheli. Auerbach's music is characterized by its stylistic freedom and juxtaposition of tonal and atonal musical language.

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Chelyabinsk - Urals - Siberia - Virtuoso - Pianist - 19th - 20th centuries - Hans Sikorski - Prokofiev - Shostakovich - Schnittke - Gubaidulina - Kancheli

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Auerbach made her Carnegie Hall debut in May 2002 performing her own Suite for Violin, Piano and Orchestra with Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Baltica. Ms. Auerbach's music has been presented at Carnegie Hall each season since then. In 2005, Lera Auerbach was awarded the prestigious Hindemith Prize by Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Germany.

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Carnegie Hall - 2002 - Gidon Kremer - Kremerata Baltica - 2005 - Hindemith Prize - Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival - Germany

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Her compositions have been commissioned and performed by Gidon Kremer, the Royal Danish Ballet, Hamburg Ballet, David Finckel and Wu Han, Vadim Gluzman, Kremerata Baltica, and Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, among many others. She has appeared as solo pianist at such prestigious venues as Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre, Tokyo's Opera City, New York's Lincoln Center, Munich's Herkulessaal, Oslo's Konzerthaus, Chicago's Symphony Hall and Washington's Kennedy Center.

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Royal Danish Ballet - Hamburg Ballet - Vadim Gluzman - Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa - Solo - Moscow - Bolshoi Theatre - Tokyo - Opera City - New York - Lincoln Center - Munich - Herkulessaal - Oslo - Konzerthaus - Chicago - Symphony Hall - Washington - Kennedy Center

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A new commission by The Royal Danish Ballet, to celebrate Hans Christian Andersen's bicentenary, was Lera Auerbach's second collaboration with choreographer John Neumeier. The ballet is a modern rendition of the classic fairy tale 'The Little Mermaid' and was premiered successfully in April 2005.

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Hans Christian Andersen - Choreographer - John Neumeier - Ballet - Fairy tale - The Little Mermaid

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Lera Auerbach is also a writer. She has published six volumes of poetry and prose in Russian.

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