2015 Performances of Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas

Honorary Committee
Boris Berman
Claude Frank
Marta Istomin
Horacio Gutierrez
John O’Conor
Santiago Rodriguez
Andre Watts
H.E. Peter Wittig, Ambassador of Germany to the U.S.A
 
Performed by piano faculty and students of the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music:

 

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)