Ksenia Kouzmenko: Flowers We Are...

Flowers We Are is a very poetic new album by pianist Ksenia Kouzmenko. It features 38 "flower pieces" by 15 composers from the Renaissance to today, in which the flower symbolises not only eternal beauty but also vulnerability, the fleeting of time, and the transience of life. The album takes it's name from a number of short pieces by the Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurta\u0301g, "Vira\u0301g az ember." ("Flowers We Are.").

The extreme intensity and almost aphoristic concentration of Kurta\u0301g's compositions creates a very special listening experience, which puts other music in a bright new light. A natural tension arc connects the whole album from beginning to end. For almost two years Ksenia Kouzmenko has been busy carefully selecting and bringing together these pieces, ever again changing the order, or adding new ones. She was not only concerned with different styles or periods, but also with composers who wrote beautiful music but have become forgotten over time.

Ksenia Kouzmenko would like to dedicate this album to the magnificent composer Gyorgy Kurta\u0301g, who will be a hundred years old in February 2026, and to his late wife Ma\u0301rta Kurta\u0301g. She had the privilege of working with both of them on several occasions, and the musical world of Gyorgy Kurta\u0301g became very dear to her.

Composer: Gyorgy Kurtag

Number of Discs: 1

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