Maria Lettberg

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Maria Lettberg (born October 28, 1970 in Riga ) is a Swedish pianist who lives in Berlin.

Maria Lettberg 2012 in the Laeiszhalle, Hamburg

Live and act

Maria Lettberg is the daughter of a university professor of Russian literature and a mathematician. Her talent was recognized and encouraged when she was seven. She passed her concert exam at the St. Petersburg Conservatory . She then went on to study in Stockholm ( Royal Academy of Music ), Bloomington ( Indiana University ) and Helsinki ( Sibelius Academy ). Important teachers were Tatjana Zagorovskaja, Andrej Gavrilov , Paul Badura-Skoda , Menachem Pressler , Emanuel Krasovsky, Roland Pöntinen and Matti Raekallio .

Maria Lettberg's concert repertoires focus on Brahms, Schumann, Liszt, Chopin, Scriabin, but also Debussy, Prokofjew, Schnittke and Bach. In addition, she regularly plays works by little-known, especially Scandinavian and Russian composers. She has been working together with Deutschlandradio Kultur for many years .

Maria Lettberg was nominated for the Grammy Award 2018 in the category "Best Classical Instrumental Solo" (best classical instrumental solo performance).

Occupation with the work of Alexander Nikolaevich Scriabin

Maria Lettberg is an interpreter of the music of Alexander Scriabin . In 2007 she presented the complete recording of his solo piano work on eight CDs, in 2012 also his “Opus posthum” - the early works of Alexander Scriabin and his son Julian, which remained without an opus number. The latter CD contains several first recordings by Scriabin.

Based on Scriabin's ideas, Maria Lettberg initiated and led two projects under the title “Mysterium” (with Kaisa Salmi, Finland, and Andrea Schmidt, Germany). Musical and visual aspects were combined in both productions to form a synaesthetic work of art.

In 2008 Maria Lettberg received her PhD from the Sibelius Academy . The topic of the dissertation was a "Historical overview of tendencies in the interpretation of Alexander Scriabin's Piano Sonata No. 10. A comparative pianistic analysis".

Recordings

  • 2007: Alexander Scriabin: The entire solo piano work, 8 CD box + DVD "Mysterium - The Multimedia Project" (Deutschlandradio Kultur / Capriccio / Delta)
  • 2008: Alfred Schnittke: The Piano Concertos No. 1–3. Ewa Kupiec and Maria Lettberg, Rundfunk - Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Frank Strobel. (Deutschlandradio Kultur / Phoenix Edition)
  • 2011: Erkki Melartin: The solo piano work, 2 CD set (Deutschlandradio Kultur / Crystal Classics)
  • 2011: Alfred Schnittke: Chamber Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (Piano Concerto No. 2), Trio for Piano, Violin and Violoncello, Quartet for Piano, Violin, Viola and Violoncello; Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Frank Strobel, Petersen Quartet. (Deutschlandradio Kultur / Crystal Classics)
  • 2012: “Opus Posthum”: Alexander and Julian Scriabin. (Deutschlandradio Kultur / E flat major Hamburg)
  • 2013: “The Magic Garden”: Piano transcriptions of Russian stage works, Mikhail Glinka, Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow and Igor Stravinsky. (Deutschlandradio Kultur / E flat major Hamburg)
  • 2015: “Poème de l'extase”: works by Alexander Scriabin, Olivier Messiaen, Franz Liszt, Manfred Kelkel and Harald Banter. (Deutschlandradio Kultur / E flat major Hamburg)
  • 2017: Zara Levina: The Piano Concertos No. 1–2. Maria Lettberg, Rundfunk - Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Ariane Matiakh. (Deutschlandradio Kultur / Capriccio)

Publications

  • Lettberg, Maria: Alfred Schnittke´s Piano Trio: Learning and Performing in: The Practice of Practising (Orpheus Research Center in Music Series), Leuven University Press, 2011.
  • Lettberg, Maria: Alexander Scriabin som pianist. Tekniska aspekter och estetiska principer. Finaali, Journal of Musical Performance and Research, Sibelius Academy, 2004.
  • Lettberg, Maria: Tendenser inom interpretationer av Alexander Skrjabin's pianosonat nr 10: En jämförande pianistisk analys. (Tendencies within Interpretations of Alexander Scriabin's Piano Sonata No. 10: A Comparative Pianistic Analysis), Sibelius Akatemia, DokMus-tohtorikoulu, EST numero 20, 2012. http://ethesis.siba.fi/showrecord.php?ID=371162 .

Sources / evidence

  • The Penguin Guide to the 1000 Finest Classical Recordings: The Must-Have CDs and DVDs, IVAN MARCH (Ed.), London 2011 (Hardback): John Sheppard: Article “Scriabin, Alexander”, p. 307.
  • Maria Lettberg: formidable. Gramophone, BRYCE MORRISON (5/2008, Editor Choice, p. 92)
  • Greetings from the chameleon, the pianist Maria Lettberg is successful without the hype. Der Spiegel, supplement "Der Kultur Spiegel", JOHANNES SALTZWEDEL (4/2011, p. 36)
  • A miracle of expression. Die Zeit, MIRKO WEBER (No. 23/11 of June 1, 2011)
  • Great deeds. Maria Lettberg dedicates herself to Scriabin's piano works, Süddeutsche Zeitung, WOLFGANG SCHREIBER (December 22, 2008)
  • Portrait: Attorney of the special - MARIA LETTBERG. Piano News, HELMUT PETERS (6/2012 pp. 40–42)
  • Maria Lettberg's piano concerto apart from the pleasing. Hamburger Abendblatt, TOM SCHULZ (September 14, 2012)
  • Sound magic moods, Maria Lettberg's Scriabin evening in the Oetkerhalle. New Westphalian (September 17, 2008)
  • Lettberg's game: like a gentle breeze, the Swedish pianist provided a real great moment at the “Mittelrhein Musik Momenten”. Rhein-Zeitung, CHRISTIANE HAUSDING (August 3, 2004)
  • "Stämningbilder". Fono Forum, GREGOR WILLMES (6/2011, p. 79)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Maria Lettberg - biography
  2. ^ Maria Lettberg - Dissertation
personal data
SURNAME Lettberg, Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish pianist
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga