Faculty Concert Series: Gilles Vonsattel Plays Beethoven's Piano Sonatas

About this event

UMass Professor of Piano Gilles Vonsattel is in the midst of a multi-year journey through one of the most challenging and important catalogs in the classical music canon, traveling from coast to coast, performing all 32 of Beethoven’s piano sonatas in a series of concerts at prestigious venues in New York and California.

He is also bringing that tour to campus in a series of eight free concerts showcasing these brilliant compositions and his mastery of his craft.

All concerts are in Bezanson Recital Hall and start at 7:30 PM. All free to attend!

October 22nd: Sonata No. 1 in F minor for Piano, Op. 2, No. 1 (1795), Sonata No. 21 in C major for Piano, Op. 53, "Waldstein" (1803-04), Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major for Piano, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier" (1817-18)

October 29th: Sonata #4, Op. 7 "Grand Sonata", Sonata #8, Op. 13 "Pathetique" and Sonata #11 Op. 22.

November 19th: Sonata #25, Op. 79 "Cuckoo", Sonata #3, Op. 2, No. 3, Sonata #19, Op. 49, No. 1, Sonata #22, Op. 54, Sonata #31, No. 2 "The Tempest"

December 16th: #10 Op. 14 No. 2, #7 Op. 10 No. 3, #13 Op. 27 Quasi una fantasia, #14 Op. 27 No. 2 Moonlight

Spring Concerts (Repertoire to be Announced)

• January 22

• February 26

• March 6

• March 22