Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Improvisations from the Capri Winter” occupy a special place in his lyrical work. Written in Capri in 1906 and 1907, this cycle of verses does not anticipate Rilke’s “thing poems,” which were written shortly thereafter, but rather attempts to convey the meaning of what is said through the sound of the spoken word; this requires no intellect, only intuition and emotion. This is also and precisely why this poem is a gift for an improvisational artist like Tamara Lukasheva. Born in Odessa, Ukraine, in 1988 and now living in Cologne, this singer and pianist is often concerned with using her voice to get behind things and arrive at their original meaning. Her singing is both a mediator and a medium. The person Tamara Lukasheva recedes into the background in order to experience the essence and the fundamental nature of Rilke’s verses solely through the timbre of her voice – pure, clean and genuine.