Adrian Spence does not pussyfoot around when talking about the relevance of Beethoven. The founder and artistic director of ...

Tickets: Wheeler Opera House and Harris Hall box office; http://www.aspenmusicfestival.com More info: Beethoven enthusiasts have several additional concerts to look ...

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.

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 ...

Performing the complete Beethoven sonatas was Moeckel's idea. He proposed it casually to Bach Society Artistic Director Lindabeth Binkley, a former associate at the TSO. (An oboist, she is taking a ...

Note to Readers: This column is switching gears to review the complete Andras Schiff and Idil Biret Beethoven Sonata cycles. One sonata will be addressed at a time. This will be more orderly than ...

Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Sonata quasi una fantasia,” more popularly known as the “Moonlight Sonata” (1802). (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need access to the ...

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 ...

Andras Schiff has called Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 29 ("Hammerklavier") "a monument of impenetrability" with moments of humor and "unfathomable depths of tragedy and loss." Beethoven's 32 piano ...

“I feel possessed every time I play Beethoven,” he says. “I become transformed every time I play these pieces. They become so personal to me that it just pours out of me very, very naturally.” ...

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