The genius was Beethoven, and we were treated to a survey of the first four of Ludwig van Beethoven’s piano concertos. (The Fifth Concerto, performed on Sunday, is reviewed in subsequent column.) The ...
The 2025-26 season of the Horowitz Piano Series celebrates the 100th anniversary of music school legend Claude Frank’s ...
The series was led by Paul Lewis, the English-born pianist, known for his seriousness and expertise in the music of early 19th-century composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert. He was ...
Beethoven and Schubert pushed the boundaries of the piano sonata, redefining the genre in ways that still resonate today. In turn, Paul Lewis—one of the most sought-after pianists of his ...
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. In April I went to the Standard hotel in downtown L.A. to meet Paul ...
However hard one tries to remove these three final sonatas from the narrative of Franz Schubert’s life and imminent death from syphilis when he wrote them, this is inescapably what they are about: ...
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The British pianist Paul Lewis has a deep and enduring relationship with Beethoven’s music. The composer’s five piano concertos are a case in point: With one exception, Lewis, now 50, has been playing ...
When you stop, there are reminders all around, though: worry about the health of friends and family, and concern about when we’re going to play concerts again and what it’s going to be like when we do ...
SCHENECTADY — British pianist Paul Lewis circled back to Union College on Sunday for his latest installment in a complete cycle of the 12 Schubert piano sonatas. The ambitious undertaking began with ...
A Schumann cycle conducted by Daniel Barenboim, works by Tyondai Braxton and Schubert sonatas by the pianist Paul Lewis are among the highlights. The pianist Paul Lewis picks his favorite page of ...
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