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Lukas Geniusas

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“New World Music,” Radiating Genushas’ Youthful EnergyThis is the second release on the Mirare label by Lucas Genushas, who won second place at the 16th Chopin Competition. It is a fascinating album featuring a collection of piano pieces inspired by folk songs from Russia and Eastern Europe.The centerpiece is Deshatnikovs Songs of Bukovina, which bears the subtitle 24 Preludes. Deshatnikov (b. 1955) is a composer who has become well-known thanks to Kremers active promotion of his works. Interested in the folk songs and traditional music of his region, he is striving to establish a compositional style that harnesses their potential in the world of contemporary music, further advancing Bartks techniques.Songs of Bukovina consists of 24 short pieces based on folk songs from the region spanning Ukraine and Romania. It garnered significant attention when the American Ballet Theatre staged it as a