Pictures

JULIANA STEINBACH

The landscapes, images and scenes presented in this program give rise to a whole series of visions, impressions and evocations. The performer becomes a poet, a painter, a sculptor of sounds, a sensitive and alert dreamer in Liszt and Debussy, then a storyteller and an actor who projects a thousand different faces in Mussorgsky. While the three composers’ initial intention appears to have been a descriptive one, the aesthetic aim clearly goes far beyond the mere imitation or recreation in sound of a landscape or a scene. For the composer, it is a question of sublimating the impression received, while the interpreter embodies it in every sense; the performer paints a picture, immerses himself in it and imperceptibly becomes that picture. In May 2007 Juliana Steinbach graduated from The Juilliard School, a piano student of Joseph Kalichstein. She has been awarded top prizes in several international piano competitions. An avid chamber player, she collaborates regularly with the other highly gifted instrumentalists of her generation.

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