Auerbach: Speak, Memory Christine Bernsted

• Lera Auerbach (b. 1973): T'filah (Prayer) for Violin solo, Op. 33 Moderato-Rubato:
• 1 Auerbach: T'filah (Prayer) for Violin solo, Op. 33 Moderato-Rubato 05:16
• Lonely Suite, Ballet for a Lonely Violinist, Op. 70:
• 2 Auerbach: Lonely Suite, Ballet for a Lonely Violinist, Op. 70: I. Dancing With Oneself. Andante. 02:02
• 3 Auerbach: Lonely Suite, Ballet for a Lonely Violinist, Op. 70: II. Boredom. Moderato 01:20
• 4 Auerbach: Lonely Suite, Ballet for a Lonely Violinist, Op. 70: III. No Escape. Allegro 01:20
• 5 Auerbach: Lonely Suite, Ballet for a Lonely Violinist, Op. 70: IV. Imaginary Dialogue. Andantino 03:13
• 6 Auerbach: Lonely Suite, Ballet for a Lonely Violinist, Op. 70: V. Worrisome Thought. Moderato 01:15
• 7 Auerbach: Lonely Suite, Ballet for a Lonely Violinist, Op. 70: VI. Question. Ad libitum 00:48
• par.ti.ta for violin solo:
• 8 Auerbach: par.ti.ta for violin solo: I. Prelude. Adagio libero 01:48
• 9 Auerbach: par.ti.ta for violin solo: II. Moderato 02:26
• 10 Auerbach: par.ti.ta for violin solo: III. Andantino scherzando 01:25
• 11 Auerbach: par.ti.ta for violin solo: IV. Serioso 02:47
• 12 Auerbach: par.ti.ta for violin solo: V. Adagio 02:07
• 13 Auerbach: par.ti.ta for violin solo: VI. Vivo scuro 01:30
• 14 Auerbach: par.ti.ta for violin solo: VII. Adagio tragico 01:22
• 15 Auerbach: par.ti.ta for violin solo: VIII. Grave 02:28
• 16 Auerbach: par.ti.ta for violin solo: IX. Allegro ossessivo 01:04
• 17 Auerbach: par.ti.ta for violin solo: X. Postlude. Adagio 01:54
• Speak, Memory for Violin solo:
• 18 Auerbach: Speak, Memory for Violin solo: Adagio tragico 03:43
• Total Runtime 37:48

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Lera Auerbachs zutiefst ausdrucksstarke Musik hat die Bewunderung der weltweit führenden Interpreten gewonnen. Ihre Soloviolinmusik ist von Respekt vor der Vergangenheit geprägt, aber auch zutiefst persönlich und innovativ, wie das intensive, intime T'filah („Gebet“), eine persönliche Reaktion auf den Holocaust, und Speak, Memory, das Jugenderinnerungen wachruft, zeigen. Gespenstische Anklänge an Bach sind in dem eindringlichen, atmosphärischen Par.ti.ta zu hören, während in Lonely Suite die einsame Existenz nicht ohne humorvolle Momente ist. Christine Bernsteds Aufnahme von Auerbachs 24 Präludien (Naxos 8.574464) wurde für ihre „technische und künstlerische Brillanz“ (Fanfare) gelobt.

Christine Bernsted, Violine

Christine Bernsted
is an internationally acclaimed Danish classical violinist. She graduated from the Postgraduate Soloist class at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna with Professor Elisabeth Kropfitsch after several years of studying the Viennese violin tradition with Boris Kuschnir, and with Professor Eszter Haffner at The Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. Since then, she has made her mark on both the Danish and international music scene with recitals in the Philharmonie Berlin’s Kammermusiksaal, the Royal Albert Hall in London and in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in New York.

She is also a First Prize winner in several international violin competitions, including the Melbourne International Violin Competition. As triple winner at the Mieczysław Weinberg Violin Competition in Katowice in 2021 (Second Prize and the recipient of two special awards), Bernsted has in recent years focused on the Slavic violin repertoire with composers such as Szymanowski, Lutosławski, Penderecki and Weinberg, as well as the Nordic and Viennese classical violin repertoire. As a young musician, Bernsted is keen to represent contemporary and emerging composers, with works by the Ukrainian composer Yevhen Stankovych being recently released, and Lera Auerbach’s 24 Preludes for violin and piano with pianist Ramez Mhaanna released on Naxos to critical acclaim (Naxos 8.574464).

Bernsted plays a Stefan-Peter Greiner violin, courtesy of the Augustinus Foundation as well as on strings from Larsen Strings, with whom she is a Performing Artist.

Lera Auerbach
A renaissance artist for modern times, Lera Auerbach is a widely recognised conductor, pianist and composer. She is also an award-winning poet and an exhibited visual artist. All of her work is interconnected as part of a cohesive and comprehensive artistic worldview. Auerbach’s exquisitely crafted, emotional and boldly imaginative music has reached global audiences, and as one of today’s most sought-after and exciting creative voices, her music is performed by artists such as violinists Gidon Kremer, Daniel Hope, Hilary Hahn and Vadim Gluzman; cellists Alisa Weilerstein and Gautier Capuçon; violists Kim Kashkashian, Nobuko Imai and Lawrence Power, and many others. Her orchestral works have been by performed by some of the world’s leading orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Staatskapelle Dresden and ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, with conductors such as Manfred Honeck, Christoph Eschenbach, Alan Gilbert, Neeme Järvi, Vladimir Jurowski, Charles Dutoit, Andris Nelsons and Marin Alsop, to name a few.

Lera Auerbach is equally prolific in literature and the visual arts. She incorporates these forms into her professional creative process, often simultaneously expressing ideas visually, in words, and through music. Auerbach holds multiple degrees from The Juilliard School in New York and the Hannover University of Music, Drama, and Media in Germany. Her teachers include Milton Babbitt, Rosalyn Tureck, Joseph Kalichstein and Einar Steen-Nøkleberg. The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, selected her in 2007 as a Young Global Leader, and since 2014 she has served as a Cultural Leader. Her music is published by Boosey and Hawkes/Sikorski.

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