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Lera Auerbach
Hermitdom (fluctuating between loneliness and solitude)
Lost in the labyrinth of words and sounds.
Interests: poetry, prose, poetry., music composition, piano performances
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The Map of His Dreams [by Lera Auerbach]
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My father never asks for directions. Even when he’s lost – he looks quite confident. He spends long hours studying his collection of maps. If it’s not in the map – its existence is doubtful. My mother asks everyone for... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at The Best American Poetry
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A Long Poem [by Lera Auerbach]
I’ve grown too impatient to read long poems. After a while my eyes start shifting like dancers who’ve missed their entrance cues. I find – I am reading a different poem all together than the one on the page. I... Continue reading
Posted Apr 11, 2013 at The Best American Poetry
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Introducing the Orchestra and its Creatures [by Lera Auerbach]
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Piccolo flute: ears’ toothpick. Piccolo’s passages: scraping of the nervous system. Flute: skeleton of an exotic bird. Flute in the low register: unheard of. Alto flute: melted flute. Bass flute: imaginary friend that makes an occasional imaginary appearance. Block flute:... Continue reading
Posted Apr 3, 2013 at The Best American Poetry
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Musings [By Lera Auerbach]
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I am in the middle of writing a book – collection of random thoughts, musings, daily fragments. Here are some of them: On self: Wondering wanderer in search of wonder, always lost, never found, profane and profound; round and round... Continue reading
Posted Mar 30, 2013 at The Best American Poetry
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Isle of the Dead [by Lera Auerbach]
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If Venice is married to Death - the small island of San Michele is the offspring of this union. It takes an entire day to visit San Michele, the legendary Isle of the Dead. The entire island is a cemetery,... Continue reading
Posted Mar 24, 2013 at The Best American Poetry
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Beautiful Ruins - Part 1 [by Lera Auerbach]
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Arriving home after several months of travel, and while taking some time to recollect experiences by organizing photographs, I came upon images of one of the most memorable trips of last year. It was my first visit to Brazil, where... Continue reading
Posted Mar 15, 2013 at The Best American Poetry
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Gogol [by Lera Auerbach]
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I have to apologize to the readers of BAP for my disappearance. One of the reasons is that I am in the process of completing an orchestral score for the upcoming premiere of my opera Gogol in Vienna. It is... Continue reading
Posted Apr 1, 2011 at The Best American Poetry
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New Year's Greeting [by Lera Auerbach]
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BEST WISHES TO ALL AT BAP FOR A HAPPY AND HEALTHY 2011 - from Lera Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in. -Leonard Cohen Continue reading
Posted Dec 30, 2010 at The Best American Poetry
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Variation on the theme of Time [by Lera Auerbach]
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VARIATIONS ON THE THEME OF TIME I. Time with time shrinks in size, worsens in quality. I search memories, trying to remember one perfect moment from childhood when past was still my future. II. Time exits, tip-toeing. I stand alone... Continue reading
Posted Nov 18, 2010 at The Best American Poetry
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The Trouble Clef - November [by Lera Auerbach]
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Another November falling on me. How many are still ahead? God knows...Does it matter? Would I feel any better or any different about this one if I knew it were my last? Is ignorance - bliss? Would I still practice... Continue reading
Posted Nov 4, 2010 at The Best American Poetry
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October [by Lera Auerbach]
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I opened the windows on a dark orchard. Trees were guarding the movement of branches. And with the bitterness of October rennet apples I opened the windows on a dark orchard. The funeral decay of the orchard lingered, Covering the... Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2010 at The Best American Poetry
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Canary [by Lera Auerbach]
CANARY So yellow as if defending this color was its only quest; as if painted by an artist, obsessed, unaccustomed to shade; as if stitched by mid-summer’s sun; made with delicate silk in the ancient country long gone, the canary... Continue reading
Posted Sep 3, 2010 at The Best American Poetry
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What Can Kill You [by Lera Auerbach]
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WHAT CAN KILL YOUNo, indifference is not the worst of it, and it doesn’t equate with loneliness. After all you choose your feelings, even though it doesn’t seem like a choice. No, it’s not your sloppy sense of direction, alienating... Continue reading
Posted Aug 25, 2010 at The Best American Poetry
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The Trouble Clef - On the Usefulness of Poetry [by Lera Auerbach]
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Here is a short poem for all of you who ever doubted that poetry is indeed a very useful pursuit: A poem a day, Keeps psychiatrists at bay. - by Lera Auerbach Continue reading
Posted May 20, 2010 at The Best American Poetry
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The Trouble Clef - Chirlim-chirlyum [by Lera Auerbach]
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The mechanism of memory is complex. The Time Machine--a dream of dreamers--was created long ago. It is human memory. And I am certain that we have been granted the power to remember everything; that in the depths of the human... Continue reading
Posted May 7, 2010 at The Best American Poetry
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The Trouble Clef – Findings | 24 April 2010 [by Lera Auerbach]
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Here are some of this week's findings, confirming to the idea that life may indeed be worth living: This is a wonderful TED talk on creativity, pressures, self-destructive tendencies that artists are prone to, and possible solutions: Glenn Glould in... Continue reading
Posted Apr 24, 2010 at The Best American Poetry
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The Trouble Clef - Rachmaninov [by Lera Auerbach]
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When one thinks of Rachmaninov, usually what comes to mind is his face, serious and stern, clean-shaven, with a short modern haircut. His expression is distant and cold. He looks like a British gentleman, not easily approachable, always well dressed,... Continue reading
Posted Apr 2, 2010 at The Best American Poetry
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The Trouble Clef - Swimming with Mermaids [by Lera Auerbach]
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From left to right: Marie-Pierre Greve (Royal Danish Ballet), Silvia Azzoni (Hamburg Ballet), Yuan Yuan Tan (San Francisco Ballet) I am currently in San Francisco, where the San Francisco Ballet is preparing the premiere of my ballet The Little Mermaid.... Continue reading
Posted Mar 18, 2010 at The Best American Poetry
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The Trouble Clef – Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 [by Lera Auerbach]
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The National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C. asked me to write program notes for one of the Kennedy Center's "Focus on Russia" programs this season. One of the works in the program was Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.4. Tchaikovsky’s 4th symphony was... Continue reading
Posted Feb 25, 2010 at The Best American Poetry
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The Trouble Clef – Requiem for Icarus [by Lera Auerbach]
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I have been fascinated by the myth of Icarus. As a child, I lived in ancient Greece. The book of myths was my favorite and the world of jealous gods and god-like humans was more real to me than the... Continue reading
Posted Feb 11, 2010 at The Best American Poetry
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The Trouble Clef - Morning Music [by Lera Auerbach]
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Some days I find it very trying to collect myself, to find all the different parts and put them together in an orderly, functional way. I spend an hour just looking for glasses, going to the shower is too much... Continue reading
Posted Feb 4, 2010 at The Best American Poetry
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The Trouble Clef: You are not even here [by Lera Auerbach]
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One of my findings this week, while unearthing treasures buried deep in the oceans of my ignorance, was a short poem of John Ashbery. This Room The room I entered was a dream of this room. Surely all those feet... Continue reading
Posted Jan 21, 2010 at The Best American Poetry
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The Trouble Clef - Poet's Suicide [by Lera Auerbach]
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So many poets have killed themselves – they could form a city or a small country of their own. Somewhere in the gray islands of Nowhere, after getting drunk on the waters of the Styx, they can’t quite remember the... Continue reading
Posted Jan 13, 2010 at The Best American Poetry
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The Trouble Clef – Findings | 6 January 2010 [by Lera Auerbach]
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This New Year, I am starting a notebook in which I will write my daily findings. These could be a phrase from a conversation or a line from a poem or various Internet findings sent to me by friends or... Continue reading
Posted Jan 6, 2010 at The Best American Poetry
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The Trouble Clef - Hans Christian Andersen and His Alter Ego [by Lera Auerbach]
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Five years ago, I received a commission from the Royal Danish Ballet to write a full-length ballet with the legendary choreographer John Neumeier, based on Andersen’s The Little Mermaid for the opening of the new opera theater in Copenhagen during... Continue reading
Posted Dec 30, 2009 at The Best American Poetry
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