{"id":10373,"date":"2020-12-09T15:04:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T15:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=10373"},"modified":"2020-12-09T15:04:38","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T15:04:38","slug":"music-performance-scholar-to-mark-beethoven-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2020\/12\/09\/music-performance-scholar-to-mark-beethoven-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Performance Scholar to mark Beethoven anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

A remarkable event next week, in our first ‘virtual’ Lunchtime Concert – first-year international pianist from Canada and Music Performance Scholar at Kent and Medway Medical School, Michael Lam<\/strong>, will mark the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven next week with a filmed performance of the mammoth Piano Sonata in A major, Op.101. <\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"A keen enthusiast of Beethoven\u2019s rich repertoire for piano, the performance, which was filmed in Colyer-Fergusson Hall earlier today on the University\u2019s Steinway piano, will be Premiered on the Music Department\u2019s YouTube channel as part of this year\u2019s Beethoven anniversary celebrations.<\/p>\n

\"\"Michael\u2019s performance will be a continuous, unedited take, of the first of Beethoven\u2019s Late Period piano sonatas, rich in complexity and a formidable challenge to pianists everywhere.<\/p>\n

The Premiere is free to watch online on YouTube on the Music department’s channel here<\/strong><\/a>: to whet your appetites, you can watch Michael performing three pieces from Bach’s\u00a0Anna Magdalena Notebook<\/em>, filmed earlier this term, online here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n