May 23, 2025

Lylit and Maria Radutu each celebrate emotions in their own way, without separating them into dark and light. Both go into depth in their programs, call a spade a spade and share them with the audience without detours.

 

As a composer and singer, Lylit is able to set the finest fibers of our hearts into empathic vibrations. She signed her first record deal in New York and won the Austrian Film Award and the Romy for her soundtrack to “Eismayer”. Her releases in the USA have taken her to American stages, to Mexico, Georgia, Uganda and all over Europe, and in Austria to the opening of the Vienna Festival and the Saalfelden Jazz Festival. Her classical piano training began early, but it was only through the experience of musical freedom through improvisation that she was able to become the composer, singer and pianist she is celebrated as today.

 

Maria Radutu transcends boundaries and is known for her dramaturgically thought-out albums and recitals. As a soloist, she has performed with renowned orchestras, including the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna State Opera Orchestra, the Orquesta Clasica Santa Cecilia, the California Symphony, the Zagreb Philharmonic and the Las Vegas Philharmonic. In her various solo formats and at the Keys to Heaven Festival, she crosses the threshold between stage and audience, provides insights into the development of her interpretations and seeks analogies to the classical piano repertoire in her collaborations with artists from a wide range of styles.
 
The song “Noches de insomnio” by Phoebe Violet was the catalyst for the joint project. The Costa Rican artist sings about a sleepless night, and Lylit's piano improvisations could have been taken from Radutu's album “Insomnia”. The idea was born! Phoebe Violet appears as a guest in Lylit and Radutu's program in the Haydnsaal and performs the subsequent concert with her duo.
 
Three personalities, two pianos, two voices - united by a common emotional language.

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