Beethoven wrote piano sonatas throughout his life, from the early pieces he wrote as virtuoso vehicles for himself to the highly distilled essays he crafted after deafness had put an end to his ...

Gilles Vonsattel first performed with Camerata Pacifica in 2017 and is now their principal pianist. He has played many Beethoven piano sonatas, but has been “genuinely” surprised by some that are ...

Beethoven probably would have agreed that his 32 piano sonatas deserved to be called “the New Testament of keyboard music.” The titan of Bonn knew his own worth; and while he knew that Bach’s ...

A few weeks ago I outlined some binge listening plans. I’ve completed two of them. The first was all 32 of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas. The second was a survey of Baroque music. The Beethoven took about ...

It was barely 10:01 a.m. when pianist Stewart Goodyear sat at a Steinway concert grand at the Mondavi Center. Time was of the essence, for this concert performance would not end until 13 hours later.

Pianist Kim Sun-wook will launch a two-year recital series next month to perform Beethoven’s 32 sonatas, considered by some music scholars as one of the most monumental piano repertoires. Still a ...

The amazing part is that there still are some tickets available for next Wednesday, when the great pianist András Schiff plays a dream program at the President’s Piano Series in Meany Theater. The ...

Craig Sotres, courtesy of AT&T Performing Arts Center - Craig Sotres, courtesy of AT&T P If there’s a single core to the piano repertory, it’s the 32 sonatas that Beethoven composed between 1793 and ...

Ace pianist Artas Balakauskas will delight music lovers with his series of 10 recitals featuring Ludwig van Beethoven’s famous 32 sonatas, starting on Saturday at the Siam Music Yamaha Concert Salon ...

Camerata Pacifica Principal Pianist Gilles Vonsattel takes centerstage, once again, for his second solo recital in three weeks in conjunction with “Beethoven 32,” on Friday, April 10, 7:00 pm, at ...

All of the ingredients have been assembled for an event to be remembered. Toronto pianist Stewart Goodyear worked for months, both at the keyboard as well as the gym, to build stamina for Saturday’s ...