BEETHOVEN

Freeing What Is Already There: On Practising Beethoven and Schubert in the Spirit of Michelangelo

There is an old story, perhaps more poetry than documented fact, that Michelangelo, standing before an unhewn block of marble, already...

REVIEWS & OBSERVATIONS

Walter

Aug 146 min read

Beethoven and the Sound of Tomorrow: A Meditation on the Inner Truth of Pianism

There are figures in history who do not merely belong to their era but cast their shadow far ahead into ours as though eternity had...

BEETHOVEN

Walter

Aug 145 min read

THE INVISIBLE BIOGRAPHY: BEETHOVEN'S INNER WORLD IN 32 SONATAS FOR PIANO

Ludwig van Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas are far more than a collection of keyboard compositions. They are spiritual documents,...

BEETHOVEN

Walter

Apr 86 min read

BEETHOVEN'S VISION OF AN IDEAL INSTRUMENT: BEYOND THE VIENNESE FORTE PIANO

It is a curious paradox that Ludwig van Beethoven, the revolutionary architect of musical expression, remains tightly tethered,...

BEETHOVEN

Walter

Apr 65 min read

NOW I KNOW....

When I was young, just tall enough to reach the keyboard, I played boldly, convinced I knew, I used to say: I know, I know, I know... It...

ZEN,SPIRITUALITY & PIANO

Walter

Mar 72 min read

BEETHOVEN AND SYMBOLIC VALUE

Innumerable times, historians and musicologists have turned their attention to Beethoven's sketchbooks, utilizing them to craft yet...

BEETHOVEN

Walter

Jun 30, 20242 min read

THE LAST FIVE SONATAS: BEETHOVEN'S ULTIMATE MESSAGE

Numerous scholars have intensely scrutinized Beethoven's final five piano sonatas. However, only a select few have genuinely grasped and...

BEETHOVEN

Walter

Jun 11, 20243 min read

OPUS 109

..... is a masterpiece that combines all essential elements of music creation. These include clear and concise organisation of thoughts,

BEETHOVEN

Walter

Apr 29, 20243 min read

BEETHOVEN SONATA OPUS 101 - "ADAGIO"

The expression "Sehnsuchtsvoll" is challenging to translate because it takes, in German,

BEETHOVEN

Walter

Apr 27, 20242 min read

HAMMERKLAVIER

....Op. 106 was more than just a professional undertaking for Beethoven...

BEETHOVEN

Walter

Mar 22, 20242 min read

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