Mazda Hall at 7 pm (Free Admittance)
In a programme of Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor Op. 10 No.1, Piano Sonata No. 31 Op. 110 in A flat major and Schubert: Piano Sonata in B flat major D960
Stephen Kovacevich is one of the most searching interpreters. As a pianist he has won unsurpassed admiration for his playing of Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart and Schubert. In addition to his long and distinguished career as a soloist, he has conducted for many years, winning warm praise for his work with orchestras throughout the world in repertoire from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
On 17 Oct. 2010, he celebrated his 70th birthday with a concert at the Wigmore Hall, a venue he performed in for the first time over fifty years ago. Artists taking part in the concert included Martha Argerich and the Belcea Quartet. His international reputation has been built both on his concert appearances, renowned for their thoughtfulness and re-creative intensity, and on the highly acclaimed recordings he has made throughout his career.
