On Moderato Cantabile cellist Anja Lechner and pianist Francois Couturier interpret music that is simultaneously spiritual and folklore-ish with supple eloquence and sophisticated vibrancy. Intermixed ...

What is beauty? What does it mean to feel, to remember, to laugh or to cry? How can music sound both created beforehand and recreated each second? Is music a direct connection to the infinite, to our ...

While it is a lesser-known fact that many great classical compositions stemmed from improvisation, performance of most classical work is much more literal, with interpretation being relegated to more ...

Genre-splicing ECM Records is releasing another highbrow meets funky fusion today in a new CD "Ojos Negros" by Argentinian bandoneon virtuoso Dino Saluzzi and classical cellist Anja Lechner… ALEX ...

While the composer, performer and listener approach any given piece of music from differing perspectives, each needs the others for a work to become fully actualized. Improvisation combines the first ...

Melos approaches a highbrow listening experience. It's another gorgeous offering from ECM Records, teaming Greek pianist Vassilis Tsabropoulos with German cellist Anja Lechner and Italian drummer U.T.

Anja Lechner--François Couturier Ah-Um Meets Europe Milano Teatro Sala Fontana 14.01.2017 Viviamo un periodo storico in cui l'idea di Europa sta attraversando una fase delicata, per non dire di vera e ...

ECM Records has long divided its discography in two: the regular series, representing music of a more improvisational bent; and its New Series, featuring largely classical music ranging from the ...

Dino Saluzzi and Anja Lechner make achingly beautiful, intimate music. Ojos Negros {‘Black Eyes’} is their long-awaited, first duo album. He is the ‘deepest’ player of the bandoneon - the singular ...

This subtle, sublime collaboration finds Dino Saluzzi and Anja Lechner crafting music at once intimate, expansive and lyrical. The juxtaposition of Saluzzi's bandoneon with Lechner's cello produces ...

The late Astor Piazolla was undeniably responsible for bringing visibility to the bandoneon and widespread acclaim to the tango form. Over the course of the past quarter century, however, it's been ...