The confinement could have been the occasion for a young interpreter to give us his personal journey. Irina Lankova's case is a bit more complex. This Russian pianist who has lived in Belgium since 2013 has just released an album entitled Elégie. Part of a large selection of Rachmaninoff's pieces, it takes us to Bach's timeless serenity through intense rereading of Schubert by Liszt. “I had been preparing this record for a very long time and the recording was scheduled for 2020. But the containment crisis proved beneficial in allowing me to deepen my vision of the selected works which made the feelings more intense. In fact, it is correct that a pianist can benefit from solitude. You can play alone. A Russian pianist who has lived abroad for a long time, one is tempted to talk to her about homesickness, especially when she plays Rachmaninoff, this forced exile from history. This call of the country is very specific to Rachmaninoff who was unable to return to the country. But I can. And I realize how much melancholy belongs to the Russian soul and therefore permeates this music and my perception of it. These feelings are therefore part of my cultural roots. In the record, I gradually emerge in the direction of a more universal dimension. Rachmaninoff blows in bursts but, for Bach, we must remove all unnecessary expressiveness. This is the goal of my journey. " Le Soir / Serge Martin / 06/16/2021