Bronx, NY
Free Event: Beethoven Sonatas VIIISun, Mar 21, 2027, 3:00 pm
Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture
1 hour, no intermission
Pianist Gilles Vonsattel performs the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas across 14 concerts during the CMS season. In this Community Concert, we bring you three of these very special pieces: Beethoven's Sonatas No. 15, "Pastoral"; No. 23, "Appassionata"; and finally No. 32, the last piano sonata the composer wrote. Experience Vonsattel's technical mastery and musical insight, which have helped to build his growing reputation as one of the greatest interpreters of Beethoven's music.
Ticket Reservation Information
This concert is free to attend with advanced registration. All seating is General Admission and assigned on a first-come, first served basis. Please arrive early, as registration does not guarantee entry once the venue has reached capacity.
Doors open 30 minutes before the performance, and registered guests are seated in order of arrival. Any seats still available five minutes before the performance begins are released to standby guests without a reservation. Note that your entire party must be present to be seated; due to high demand for these concerts, guests are not permitted to hold seats for those who have not yet arrived.
We appreciate your understanding and look forward to sharing this special performance with you!
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770–1827)Sonata No. 15 in D major for Piano, Op. 28, "Pastoral"
(1801)Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770–1827)Sonata No. 23 in F minor for Piano, Op. 57, "Appassionata"
(1804-05)Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770–1827)Sonata No. 32 in C minor for Piano, Op. 111
(1821-22)Gilles Vonsattel
Swiss-born American pianist Gilles Vonsattel boasts remarkable versatility and artistic originality. Winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, the 2016 Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award, and top prizes in the Naumburg and Geneva competitions, he has graced prestigious stages worldwide, enthralling audiences with recitals and chamber performances, and collaborating with renowned orchestras including the Munich Philharmonic and the Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco symphonies. As a champion of new music, he has premiered compositions by celebrated composers such as Jörg Widmann, Heinz Holliger, Anthony Cheung, and George Benjamin. He is an alum of CMS’s Bowers Program and has earned degrees from Columbia University and the Juilliard School. Today, Vonsattel shares his passion for music as a Professor of Piano at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.