The release of Stepanova’s new album “E Pluribus Unum” has been warmly received by the national and international media. International Piano calls the album “artistically and politically, a commendable release.” The BBC Music Magazine writes that Stepanova’s “personal experience of immigration inform her thoughtful and sensitive accounts of highly varied and complex scores… an intelligently curated recital.” Gramophone states that “Stepanova brings remarkable commitment and impressive virtuosity to these performances.”
Stepanova named Musical America "New Artist of the Month"
Musical America Worldwide has named Liza Stepanova “New Artist of the Month” for November 2020. In a feature article, Seattle-based arts writer and author Thomas May writes: “Her sensors are continually alert to the ways in which freshly created music can help us make sense of the situations faced by people in the world today.”
I Care If You Listen Premieres Music Video for Liza Stepanova's New Album - E Pluribus Unum
I Care If You Listen has premiered the mesmerizing music video, created by visual artist Kevork Mourad, featuring Liza Stepanova's recording of Reinaldo Moya’s “Rain Outside of the Church," a work featured on Stepanova's forthcoming album E Pluribus Unum.
E Pluribus Unum: New CD coming on August 28!
New Album: E Pluribus Unum (Navona Records)
Release Date: August 28, 2020
Solo piano music by nine renowned American composers with immigrant backgrounds, including Lera Auerbach, Anna Clyne, Gabriela Lena Frank, Kamran Ince, Reinaldo Moya, Pablo Ortiz, and world premiere recordings of works by Chaya Czernowin, Badie Khaleghian, and Eun Young Lee.
Tones & Colors CD out now!
New York, NY – Pianist Liza Stepanova, praised by The New York Times for her “thoughtful musicality” and “fleet-fingered panache,” announces the January 19, 2018 release of her album Tones & Colors on Concert Artists Guild Records. This collection showcases the cross-pollination between visual and aural media through 13 pieces of music, spanning the centuries between Bach and Ligeti, inspired by paintings, drawings, and sculptures.
A varied disc with extensive programme notes and elegant playing…
— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE