The album title "FENSTER" (Windows) symbolizes the transparent yet impermeable barriers experienced during the 2020 lockdown, reflecting on connection and isolation.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Jeanne Artemis Strieder's works aim to provide comfort and compassion for invisible suffering, with expression always serving as the catalyst for her music.
Historical Context
The album's program was created during the 2020 lockdown, with pianist Fidan Aghayeva-Edler exploring works by contemporary female composers in a time of seclusion.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Olga Neuwirth is considered a pioneer in the 'new music' scene for merging ensemble, electronics, and video recordings into cross-genre visual and acoustic sensory experiences.
Performer Biography
Fidan Aghayeva-Edler, the pianist on this album, is based in Berlin and focuses on contemporary music and improvisation, actively collaborating with composers.
Performer Biography
During the coronavirus pandemic, Fidan Aghayeva-Edler developed new concert formats, including livestream concerts with numerous world premieres and shop window concerts.
Compositional Technique
Helen Grime's "10 Miniatures" explores transforming material in unusual ways, with each miniature related to its predecessor by using an idea from one movement as the starting point for the next.
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