One of the rare women in the neoclassical world, Alexandra Stréliski is hardly a conventional pianist. Hailing from a classical background yet free-spirited, she creates music that enthralls listeners, filling their minds with rich, cinematic images.She made her debut with the album Pianoscope in 2010, but the general public discovered her via Jean-Marc Vallée’s films Dallas Buyers Club (2013) and Demolition (2016) and the trailer of the Quebec director’s acclaimed HBO series Big Little Lies (2017). More recently, “Plus tôt” and “Changing Winds,” were heard on Sharp Objects (HBO, 2018).Building on this momentum, the composer and musician is now fully prepared to make her next artistic statement with the album Inscape, due out on Secret City Records.“Inscape” is a portmanteau combining the words “interior” and “landscape.” This philosophical concept has been associated with both visual art and psychoanalysis, and it becomes wonderfully musical in the hands of Stréliski.“To me,” says Stréliski, “Inscape was an existential crisis. A year where everything capsized and I had to go through various interior landscapes – hectic, beautiful and painful at the same time. I found myself in a space filled with grey areas that I didn’t know how to escape. It was a crucial turning point for me. A year of creative evolution during which I reconnected with my deep nature, my essence, my X.”

In the neoclassical classical world, Alexandra Stréliski is surrounded by male contemporaries such as Ólafur Arnolds, Nils Frahm and Ludovico Einaudi. But with her free-spirited and philosophical approach to composition she has created music that enthrals listeners, fills minds with rich, cinematic images and is as captivating as her composer counterparts. Reaching international fame after her recordings were included in Oscar-winning ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ and ‘Demolition’, Stréliski latest release ‘Inscape’ is filled with emotional and delicate solo piano and offers “a captivating and enthralling experience” (Atwood Magazine).

Exact date to be announced. One of the rare women in the neoclassical world, Alexandra Stréliski creates music that enthralls listeners, filling their minds with rich, cinematic images. An artist who grew up between Paris and Montreal, she made her debut with the 2010 album Pianoscope, but the general public discovered her via Jean-Marc Vallée’s films Dallas Buyers Club (2013) and Demolition (2016) and, more recently, the trailer of the acclaimed HBO series Big Little Lies (2017). Building on this momentum, the composer and musician is now ready to make her next artistic statement with the album INSCAPE.

De minimalistische pianomuziek van de Frans-Canadese neoklassieke componiste Alexandra Stréliski roept als vanzelf een wandtapijt aan beelden op in het hoofd van de luisteraar. Niet zo vreemd dus dat haar werk is gebruikt in films (Dallas Buyers Club en Demolition van regisseur Jean-Marc Vallée) en series (Big Little Lies, Sharp Objects). Acht jaar na Stréliski’s debuut Pianoscope verscheen vorig jaar haar tweede album INSCAPE, waarop ze een emotioneel zwaar jaar (ze nam ontslag, ging scheiden en verhuisde) verwerkt. Hoe een existentiële crisis kan leiden tot wonderschone kunst!

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One of the rare women in the neoclassical world, Alexandra Stréliski creates music that enthralls listeners, filling their minds with rich, cinematic images. An artist who grew up between Paris and Montreal, she made her debut with the 2010 album Pianoscope, but the general public discovered her via Jean-Marc Vallée’s films Dallas Buyers Club (2013) and Demolition (2016) and, more recently, the trailer of the acclaimed HBO series Big Little Lies (2017). Building on this momentum, the composer and musician is now ready to make her next artistic statement with the album INSCAPE.