LERA’S IRON-MAN FEAT WITH “LABYRINTH” ON PIANO
Like a whirlwind out of the East, Lera Auerbach blew into San Francisco and took away many a breath with her piano recital. This was one of the most forceful, demonic outpourings of sheer energy since the millennium. The 44-year-old pianist-composer from the Russian-Siberian border area is a mystic, a poet, a formidable powerhouse-pianist and a composer. She introduced her own absolutely unique world premiere piece, “Labyrinth,” and preceded it with Mussorgsky’ “Pictures at an Exhibition.” If “Pictures” is a…