Lera Auerbach

It would be easy to define Lera Auerbach by just one form of artistic expression— as a conductor, a composer, a pianist, a writer, or a visual artist. But Lera Auerbach is all of these. Each discipline serves as both inspiration and a springboard to the next. Over the past three decades, Auerbach has composed around 180 works. She has collaborated with all major orchestras worldwide, from the New York Philharmonic to the Dresden Staatskapelle. Her music has been performed in the most prestigious concert halls and at the most significant festivals, from Carnegie Hall and the Vienna Musikverein to the Salzburg Festival. Auerbach’s success as a conductor proves her right. She appeared as a conductor at the Wien Modern festival and led the Residentie Orkest during a two-week festival in The Hague dedicated to all aspects of her artistic work. With the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, she performed Mozart piano concertos while conducting from the keyboard. Her clear message: “If nothing happens, and you leave a concert as the same person you were before, then you’ve wasted two hours of your life.”