BEETHOVEN PIANO SOCIETY OF EUROPE

On the day of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, 16 December 2020, our series reached its climax with BPSE Chair performing two famous C minor sonatas, the early Pathétique and the final sonata Op.111.

We are extremely grateful to our member and supporter Hugh Mather for organising this live stream at short notice after our original concert was cancelled due to London entering Tier 3 lockdown.

This concert is a part of our 35 Pianists for 35 Sonatas series and is scheduled on Monday 16 November 2020, 1pm (GMT).

Aristo Sham, piano

Programme
Beethoven Sonata Op.106 in B flat ‘Hammerklavier’

Programme Notes
https://bit.ly/38HsIRg

The BPSE presents a virtual concert given by the brilliant Thomas Kelly, who won our Beethoven Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition in 2019. The concert is scheduled on Tuesday 10 November 2020, 1pm (GMT).

We are extremely grateful to St. Mary’s Perivale Church (http://www.st-marys-perivale.org.uk/) for helping us with the professional recording of this concert.

Programme:
Jonathan Östlund Mondspiegel – Fantasia on Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight Sonata’ (mvt.1) (World Premiere)
Beethoven Fantasia Op.77
Schumann Carnaval Op.9

Programme Notes: https://bit.ly/3k6A0Qw

…featuring Rose McLachlan, Florian Mitrea, Yoko Misumi, Sebastian Benedict Flore, Maksim Štšura, Tess Uys & Ben Shoeman, Callum Mclachlan, Julian Jacobson, Dinara Klinton, MinJung Baek, Sasha Grynyuk, Alexander Ullman, Alexander Soares, and James Brawn.

We are extremely grateful to our artists, as well as the staff and technicians at Charlton House and the Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust, for making it possible for our Society to continue this concert series in this special year of Beethoven’s 250th.

In place of our cancelled event due to COVID-19, the BPSE presents a pre-recorded virtual concert with the brilliant pianists Tolga Atalay Ün and Lee Jae Phang. This concert is scheduled on Monday 20 April 2020 at 1pm (BST) as a part of the 35 Pianists for 35 Sonatas cycle. Watch and listen with us to continue the celebration of Beethoven’s 250th.

Programme
Berg Piano Sonata Op.1 performed by Tolga Atalay Ün
Beethoven Piano Sonata Op.22 in B flat performed by Lee Jae Phang

We would like to thank Tolga and Lee Jae for collaborating with us on this unusual and unique occasion.

Huge congratulations to the winners of our competition yesterday:

First Prize Clara Sherratt (RCM)
Second Prize James Wang (RNCM)
Third Prize Devin Liu (RAM)

We would like to thank UCS for their hospitality and for the use of their Steinway Concert Grand.

We are overwhelmed by 5 incredible, world-class performances of all Beethoven’s Piano & Cello Sonatas. It was a successful evening with a full house! Our deepest gratitude to the Razumovsky Academy for their generous hospitality and to the London Cello Society for their support.

Congratulations to all the pianists who participated in our competition last week!

We are delighted to announce the fantastic results:
First Prize Thomas Kelly (Royal College of Music)
Second Prize and Audience Prize Luke Jones (Royal Northern College of Music)
Third Prize Daisuke Yoshida (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire)

On Sunday 24 February, seven young pianists nominated by UK music conservatoires and specialist music schools participated in our 2019 Junior Competition. Each competitor performed a complete Beethoven piano sonata of their choice and compulsory Bagatelle in C, Op.33 No.2. We are delighted to share with you this year’s results:

First Prize Rose McLachlan (Chetham’s School of Music)

Second Prize Ellis Thomas (Royal Northern College of Music)

Third Prize Sebastian Flore (Centre for Young Musicians)

The BPSE wishes to express our deepest gratitude to City Lit for their generous hospitality and the use of the Steinway Concert Grand.