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Jordanian-born pianist Karim Said attributes much of his success to his teachers and fateful encounters. A photo of him from 1999 as an 11-year-old, standing between Daniel Barenboim (who had recently ...

From the early Op. 2 set of sonatas to the famous 'Moonlight', find out why Beethoven's piano sonatas broke the mould - and hear from pianists themselves about how they approach performing them.

Of all the musical genres (that word again), the Piano Sonata is the only one that Beethoven worked on more or less consistently throughout his life. No large gaps as with the Symphonies or String ...

Even as he struggled with the onset of deafness, Beethoven took the piano sonata into new realms of expressive power and beauty. Beethoven composed his Moonlight Sonata in 1801, the same year that — A ...

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 ...

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.

The pianist Leslie Howard plays Beethoven's Piano Sonata No 13 in E flat, Op 27 No 1 (Quasi una fantasia); Piano Sonata No 14 in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2 ('Moonlight'); Alkan's Symphonie pour piano ...

"I would never have believed that I could be so lazy as I am here. If it is followed by an outburst of industry, something worthwhile may be accomplished." So wrote Beethoven from the Austrian spa ...

A lifetime’s sum of knowledge is expended in András Schiff’s live performances of the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven. Only a pianist who is completely inside the music could stay so rooted in the ...