2015 Performances of Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas
Claude Frank
Brian Billion | Nathan Blair |
Marina Chamasyan |
Nikita Fitenko |
Motoko Howard |
Francesca Hurst |
Ivo Kaltchev |
JeongEun Park Kang |
Yea Seul Kim |
Daniel Kuehler |
Martin Labazevitch |
Alexandra LaMastra |
Hyunjoo Lim |
James Litzelman |
Anna Nizhegorodtseva |
Esther Nyberg |
Ralitza Patcheva |
Sophia Pileggi |
Jinghua Pu |
Jose Ramos-Santana | Jason Solounias |
Mary Spence |
Jackie Song |
Clare Schuberg |
Jarred Tafaro |
Yuan Yi | Mingke Zhu |
Concert Schedule (19 concerts)
Concert No. 1: Sonatas 1-4, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, with a pre-concert lecture
Litzelman (Op. 2/1), Solounias (Op. 2/2), Pu (Op. 2/3), Nizhegorodtseva (op. 7)
Concert No. 2: Sonatas 5-8, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015
Hurst (Op. 10/1), Blair (Op. 10/2), Tafaro (Op. 10/3), Labazevitch (Op.13 “Pathetique”)
Concert No. 3: Sonatas 9-12, Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Spence (Op. 14/1), Song (Op. 14/2), Kim (Op. 22), Howard (Op. 26)
Concert No. 4: Sonatas 13-16, Tuesday, April 14, 2015, with a pre-concert lecture
Pileggi (Op. 27/1), Billion (Op. 27/2 “Moonlight”), Zhu (Op. 28 “Pastoral”), Patcheva (Op. 31/1)
Concert No. 5: Sonatas 17-21, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015
Lim (Op. 31/2 “Tempest”), Nyberg (Op. 31/3), Yi (Op. 49/1), Schuberg (Op. 49/2),
Kuehler (Op. 53 “Waldstein”)
Concert No. 6: Sonatas 22-26, Tuesday Oct. 6, 2015
Labazevitch (Op. 54), Santana (Op. 57 “Appassionata,” and Op. 78), LaMastra (Op. 79),
Kuehler (Op. 81a “Les Adieux”)
Concert No. 7: Sonatas 27-29, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, with a pre-concert lecture
Kang (Op. 90), Fitenko (Op. 101), Tafaro (Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”)
Concert No. 8: Sonatas 30-32 - Monday, Nov. 23, 2015
Chamasyan (Op. 109), Kaltchev (Op. 110), Patcheva (Op. 111)
Complete cycle: 8 concerts, Jordan Kitt's Music, 3 p.m. (www.jordankitts.com)
Concert No. 1: Sonatas 1-4, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015 (Fairfax, VA)
Litzelman (Op. 2/1), Solounias (Op. 2/2), Pu (Op. 2/3), Nizhegorodtseva (op. 7)
Concert No. 2: Sonatas 5-8, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015 (Rockville, MD)
Hurst (Op. 10/1), Blair (Op. 10/2), Tafaro (Op. 10/3), Labazevitch (Op.13 “Pathetique”)
Concert No. 3: Sonatas 9-12, Sunday, Feb 22, 2015 (Fairfax, VA)
Spence (Op. 14/1), Song (Op. 14/2), Kim (Op. 22), Howard (Op. 26)
Concert No. 4: Sonatas 13-16, Sunday, March 29, 2015 (Rockville, MD)
Pileggi (Op. 27/1), Billion (Op. 27/2 “Moonlight”), Zhu (Op. 28 “Pastoral”), Patcheva (Op. 31/1)
Concert No. 5: Sonatas 17-21, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015 (Fairfax, VA)
Lim (Op. 31/2 “Tempest”), Nyberg (Op. 31/3), Yi (Op. 49/1), Schuberg (Op. 49/2),
Kuehler (Op. 53 “Waldstein”)
Concert No. 6: Sonatas 22-26, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015 (Rockville, MD)
Labazevitch (Op. 54), Santana (Op. 57 “Appassionata,” and Op. 78), LaMastra (Op. 79),
Kuehler (Op. 81a “Les Adieux”)
Concert No. 7: Sonatas 27-29, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015 (Fairfax, VA)
Kang (Op. 90), Fitenko (Op. 101), Tafaro (Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”)
Concert No. 8: Sonatas 30-32, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015 (Rockville, MD)
Chamasyan (Op. 109), Kaltchev (Op. 110), Patcheva (Op. 111)
Three concerts with selected Beethoven sonatas:
Levine School of Music, Lang Concert Hall, Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, 7 p.m. (www.levinemusic.org)
Nizhegorodtseva (Op. 7), Billion (Op. 27/2 “Moonlight”), Patcheva (Op. 31/1)
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, 4 p.m. (www.npg.si.edu)
Billion (Op. 27/2 “Moonlight”), Labazevitch (Op. 54), Kuehler (Op. 81a “Les Adieux”)
Tafaro (Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”)
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Steinway Series, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015, 3 p.m. (americanart.si.edu)
Santana (Op. 57 “Appassionata,”), Fitenko (Op. 101), Kaltchev (Op. 110), Patcheva (Op. 111)