Lera Auerbach

"Her language is very much her own. She composes in big gestures that exploit extremes of dynamics, timbre, register, dissonance and consonance to powerfully dramatic effect."
CHICAGO TRIBUNE

"Nobel Laureate Joseph Brodsky considered Lera as his successor in poetry. The "Sorokolunie", a volume of selected works of Lera Auerbach, is a clear proof of the prophetic vision of the contemporary classic."
S.A. FOMICHEV, PUSHKIN COMMISSION, RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

"I was simply shocked at the maturity and depth which is contained in them (Lera Auerbach's literary works). It is unbelievable! Truly a great talent."
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA

"Auerbach shares with her Soviet-era predecessors a sense of the tragic, which comes through in an intense chromaticism and floating lines, as well as in energetically virtuosic sections that evoke a struggle against dark forces."
THE NEW YORK TIMES

"As an artist, Lera Auerbach is an integral part of both America and Russia. She has been living and creating in the space of world culture. In music as well as in poetry she has already reached a high level of complex poetical symbolism, bringing a unique world-outlook into her works and musical performances."
A.KAZAKOV

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