Jonathan Biss
Wigmore Hall, 29th September 2019
“Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start,” sings Maria in The Sound of Music. It is indeed and Jonathan Biss, launching his Beethoven 250 piano sonata cycle at Wigmore Hall, followed that advice, plunging straight into the very first sonata of the 32, in F minor. But Biss offers more than any “do-re-mi” beginner’s guide. He is an experienced Beethovenian, his recorded cycle is near completion, he’s written the e-book Beethoven’s Shadow and he lectures about the sonatas on the online learning platform, Coursera. What could Biss teach us about Ludwig here?
Jonathan Biss
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