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.