piano Archive

The sonata #27 dates from shortly after the defeat of Napoleon, and a strong sense of patriotism was sweeping Vienna, where Beethoven resided. Perhaps for this reason he began using German rather than Italian to …

The Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 (1814) is one of Beethoven’s shorter sonatas, but its relatively modest proportions show us an emotional complexity that looks forward to his imminent future works …

The Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue (BWV 903), one of Bach’s best known works, is a work of virtuosity and bold harmonic structure.  It is an extraordinary piece – large, sprawling, emotional, and unique in its …

Fazıl Say was born in 1970. He was a child prodigy, who was able to do basic arithmetic with 4-digit numbers at the age of two. At the age of three, Say started his piano lessons …

Mozart’s Piano Sonata in D major, K. 311, was composed in Mannheim, Germany in November 1777, while he and his mother were on a lengthy trip that would take them to Paris the next spring. …