Lera Auerbach

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Lera Auerbach (Russian: Лера Авербах; b. October 21, 1973 in Chelyabinsk, Russia) is one of the most widely performed composers of her generation. 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 international music publishing company Hans Sikorski well-known as a home to Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, Alfred Schnittke, Sofia Gubaidulina and Giya Kancheli. Auerbach's music is characterized by stylistic freedom and juxtaposition of tonal and atonal musical language. 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, she was awarded the Hindemith Prize by the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Germany. Auerbach's compositions have been commissioned and performed by a wide array of artists, orchestras and ballet companies including Gidon Kremer, the Kremerata Baltica, David Finckel, Wu Han, Vadim Gluzman, the Tokyo, Kuss, Parker and Petersen String Quartets, the SWR and NDR (Hannover) Symphony Orchestras, NDR Hamburg and the Royal Danish Ballet. Auerbach’s music has also been commissioned and performed by leading Festivals throughout the world including Caramoor, Lucerne, Lockenhaus, Bremen and Schleswig-Holstein. Au

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albums

Spheres - Einaudi, Glass, Nyman, Pärt, Richter

Auerbach: Preludes and Dreams

Auerbach: Twenty Four Preludes for Violin and Piano

Celloquy

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In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores

Auerbach Plays Mozart

Homo Ludens: Piano Music of Lera Auerbach

Tolstoy's Waltz

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Milking Darkness

Auerbach: Piano Works

72 Angels

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Study with Classical Music

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