Photo: Nadja Sjöström
Víkingur Ólafsson
The late sonatas by Beethoven featuring Konserthuset's Artist-in-Residence.
Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson is currently one of the most acclaimed and sought-after pianists in the world. The New York Times coined him ”Iceland's Glenn Gould”, and his recordings are showered with five-star reviews. This season, he is the Artist-in-Residence at Konserthuset Stockholm.
Following the success of Bach's Goldberg Variations, which he performed to a full house here at Konserthuset last season, he takes on another of classical music's great B's this season – Beethoven. At this solo recital, we hear Beethoven's late piano sonatas.
Beethoven is never predictable, and in his final sonatas, he is reflective and melancholic, ecstatically passionate, humorous, and life-affirming; the music is like a whole life story. ”Beethoven's last three sonatas are a kind of testament”, says Víkingur Ólafsson.
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The music
Approximate times -
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major20 min
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Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major19 min
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Intermission25 min
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Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 32 in c minor27 min
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Participants
- Víkingur Ólafsson piano
