“Jean-Paul Liardet, an all-round musician, creates works that are almost insane in their diversity. His language is resolutely bold, productive and expressive. Without a doubt, we sense a temperament.” – Pierre Hugli, Phart

The works of Jean-Paul Liardet are simply unique in their diversity. His musical language is bold, rich and overwhelmingly expressive. The piano sonatas were written over a long period of 51 years between 1967 and 2018 and reveal the whole range of emotions, events and influences that characterise the composer’s musical world. Olga Riazantceva-Schwarz is now presenting the cycle as a whole for the first time.

The Russian-born pianist and composer Olga Riazantceva-Schwarz has won several prizes at international competitions. In the course of her young career, she has played with numerous orchestras and chamber music ensembles in Germany and abroad. She performs as a pianist at international music festivals such as the Acht Brücken in Cologne, the Beethovenfest Bonn, the Lange Nacht der Musik in Oldenburg and Bremen, the Arts Birthday in Freiburg im Breisgau, the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh and the Echo from Montepulciano in Italy.

Immersive Sound Art has set itself the goal of presenting outstanding productions in the completely new dimension of immersive audio formats. In these formats, additional spatial information enables a more natural representation of timbres, as well as a sonic envelopment as we experience it in live performances. The listener becomes more emotionally involved in the event and can experience the artists’ performance from a new perspective. The physical product in reference quality is produced in a sustainable process “on demand” and issued in numbered individual editions.