![]() ![]() If Icarus were to fly safely – there would be no myth. “What makes this myth so touching is Icarus’s impatience of the heart, his wish to reach the unreachable, the intensity of the ecstatic brevity of his flight and inevitability of his fall. Auerbach’s comment’s on this work in the program notes: In Greek mythology, Icarus is the son of the master craftsman, Daedalus (the creator of Labryrinth). By taking these two movements out of context, Auerbach created the symphonic poem Icarus. Icarus was composed in 2006, and is actually composed of the last two movements of Auerbach’s Symphony No.1 “Chimera”. Auerbach has also set up her own organisation called The LeraArt Foundation, which creates opportunities through its “Modern-Renaissance” projects. She was also, in 2007, selected as a member of the forum of Young Global Leaders. Most recently, Auerbach premiered her a capella ballet The Blind (2013).Īuerbach has won a menagerie of awards, including the Paul Hindemith Prize and the Bremer Musikfest Prize. In the same year she also premiered her Second Symphony as well as a collection of sacred texts entitled Russian Requiem. In 2007 her Symphony No.1 “Chimera” received its world premiere. Auerbach has composed in a variety of different styles which include orchestral symphonies, tone poems, ballets and operas. She has also worked with festivals such as the Lucerne and Lockenhaus. Her works have been commissioned by a wide range of different artists, ensembles and companies, including the Berg Orchestra and the Royal Danish Ballet. As well as this, she also graduated from the piano soloist program of the Hochschule fur Musik Hannover.Īs well as making a performance career for herself, Auerbach also started to premiere her compositions. After receiving the top music education in her home country, Auerbach went to The Julliard School, USA, where she studied composition and piano with Milton Babbitt. The Auerbach family have a history of being musical, so Lera was naturally a fast learner. Her mother was a piano teacher, so she received lessons from her at a young age. Icarus had soared towards the sun, his wax had melted, and he had died.Lera Auerbach was born in 1973 in Chelyabinsk – a city that borders Siberia. He looked down at the ocean and noticed a small cluster of feathers floating in it. In flight, Daedalus looked around but couldn't find his son. He soared higher in the sky, drunk with his newfound power, ignoring his father's warning. Icarus, like many adolescents, progressed quickly from ungainliness to false prowess. He found flight challenging at first, but he quickly learned and soon flew with the characteristics of adolescence-his physical strength compensated for his lack of coordination and balance. Icarus, like any adolescent boy, struggled with parental advice. Icarus took off, fully intending to heed his father's wise counsel. If he flew too low, his wings would get wet in the ocean if he flew too high, the sun would melt the wax, causing the wings to disintegrate. Daedalus warned his son to be cautious just before their flight. The wings, in theory, would allow Daedalus and Icarus to fly above the labyrinth, away from the island to freedom. Daedalus, the inventor, even built wings of feathers and wax to escape. Icarus suffered the same fate as his father's son. Daedalus fell out of favor with the king of Crete and was sentenced to spend the rest of his life inside the labyrinth. Even Daedalus couldn't find his way out of his labyrinth. He was the son of Daedalus, an accomplished inventor who built an ingenious labyrinth for Minos, King of Crete, on the island of Cnossus. ![]() Icarus was a minor figure in Greek mythology who was famous for failing to make the transition from boyhood to manhood. ![]()
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