Duo Vershinina/Lee
The piano duo Vershinina/Lee (Yulia Vershinina & Chiahu Lee) began their collaboration with Rheinberger’s arrangement of Bach’s Goldberg Variations for two pianos, which they have performed in various concert halls in the UK and Luxembourg, including the Philharmonie in 2019.
The idea of ‘variation’ has since been a red thread throughout all their projects and led both women to constantly seek inspiration outside the conventional repertoire for two pianos. In fact, the duo has made it their aspiration to spread the word about lesser-known music and even write and arrange their own music.
In their Actart Concert in October 2022 Yulia and Chia-Chia focused on works composed in the last 20 years by contemporary women composers.
- Listen to the feature with radio 100,7 here
In March 2023, the duo published their first collaborative album ‘(ré)inventions à deux pianos’, featuring Chia-Chia’s recomposition of Bach’s two-part inventions. The album has been featured on BBC 3 and reviewed by BBC Music Magazine in June 2024 ‘invigorating and beguiling spring clean for the ears!’
- Media coverage:
- english: https://musicwebinternational.com/2024/05/bach-reinventio-divine-art/
- english: https://play.rtl.lu/shows/en/the-home-stretch-with-melissa-dalton/episodes/r/2225925
- german: https://www.wort.lu/kultur/vom-mut-sich-johann-sebastian-bach-zu-stellen/9291851.html
- french: https://www.100komma7.lu/episoden/De-J-S-Bach-gett-neierfonnt?pd=radio
- french: https://www.culture.lu/blog/articles/le-fabuleux-destin-de/yulia-vershinina-mukhopadhyay-et-chiahu-chia-chia-lee
- Repertoire:
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations (arr. Rheinberger/Reger 1883)
- Lin-Ni Liao: Time of Trees II (2017)
- Indra Riše: Anxiety with Peace (2020)
- Elizabeth Raum: Sonata four four hands (2001)
- Edvard Grieg: Romancer op. 15 No. 4: A mother’s grief (arr. Anderson and Roe 2018)
- Astor Piazzolla: Grand Tango (1982)
- Georges Bizet: Carmen Fantasy (arr. Anderson and Roe 2010)
- John Adams: Hallelujah Junction (1996)
- Gustav Holst: The Planets (1916)
- Patrick Hernandez: Born to be alive (arr. Chiahu Lee 2022)
- (ré)inventions à deux pianos (Chiahu Lee 2023)