Credits:

Anja Lechner, Francois Couturier

Description:

Cellist Anja Lechner, born in Kassel, Germany, studied under Heinrich Schiff and Jnos Starker and has appeared as a soloist with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, the Armenian Philharmonic, the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, among others. She has also performed in concerts alongside renowned pianists such as Alexei Lubimov, Silke Avenhaus, and Kirill Gerstein, delivering compelling performances of a wide-ranging repertoire spanning from the Classical to the contemporary. Franois Couturier, who began playing the piano at the age of six, was influenced not only by classical music but also by jazz pianists such as Chick Corea and Joachim Khn; he excels at improvisation and is known for his genre-transcending expression. This collaboration between the two is truly music without genres; even the music of Montpouwhich is usually serious and even obscuretakes on a friendly, lighthearted quali