Violinist carrie rehkopf michel and cellist john michel are both faculty members at central washington university. Barber, yedida and liszthorowitz stephen beus, piano. Stephen beus, the 2006 winner of the gina bachauer international piano competition, will perform at the park city beethoven festival with. Stephen beus stepped onto stage to present a remarkable performance of one of the most beautiful and difficult works in the piano literature, rachmaninoffs. Stephen beus beethoven hammerklavier fugue youtube. Brigham young universitys school of music will host guest artist stephen beus in a piano recital friday, oct. Stephen beus born 1982, othello, washington, united states is an american pianist. Stephen beus united states age 27 the fourth of eight children raised on a farm in othello, washington, stephen beus started playing piano when he was five and made his orchestral debut four years later. He is a steinway artistand has recorded on the endeavor classics, harmonia mundi. Beus started piano lessons at the age of 5 and gave his orchestral debut at the age of 9. Beethoven late sonatas your favorite interpreters page 9. Allen fellowship of the american pianists as sociation in indianapolis.
Stephen beus began taking piano lessons at age 5, and made his symphonic debut at age 9. Beus, who grew up on an apple orchard near othello, wash. The performance that screams out for attention will be blind guy nobuyuki tsujiis performance left of beethovens hammerklavier sonata. He attended nearby whitman college for undergraduate studies, and later attended the juilliard school of music at the graduate level. Indianapolis symphony opens 2012 marsh symphony on the. Under the direction of guest conductor, alberto correa, and featuring stephen beus on piano the las colinas symphony orchestra presents a bill of music including webers invitation to the dance and berliozs symphonie fantastique. Piano works, stephen beus live recital recording, 2009 van cliburn international piano. Completed in 1818, it is often considered to be beethovens most technically. He won the mtna national competition at the high school level at age 17, and later won the same competition again at age 21. Our guest artist will be stephen beus, who spent his early years here in the northwest. Adam pajan, pianist stephen beus, saxophonist jonathan nichol and percussionist andrew richardson, and the university of oklahoma brass ensemble r.
Beus grew up in eastern washington, where his father owned a small farm and his mother was a piano teacher. Years of practicing the piano paid off for stephen beus when he took home first prize in the gina bachauer international artists piano competition last september. Napoleons defeats at moscow in 1812, at the battle of vittoria in 18, and at waterloo in 1814 unleashed a flood of patriotism and hope in vienna that found its parallel in beethovens heroic music and crusty. Whoever thought a cell phone could be viewed as anything but an anathema in a classical concert. Very fine perfomance this is beethovens hammerklavier fugue. He won the mtna high school competition in 1999 and.
Indianapolis symphony opens 2012 marsh symphony on the prairie season with gershwins rhapsody in blue and elgars enigma variations june 16 2006 american pianists association max i. I really love the feeling of urgency that it gives, as if the whole piece could just collapse at any given moment just to be. It rages and rages until, it seems, the piano must break from the strain. Following steve reichs 80th birthday on octo ber 3, david. Stephen beus beethoven hammerklavier fugue the site. The third piece was unplayed because barbers publisher schirmer initially left it out of the set. All of the excursions are short, the entire set lasting about 12 to 15 minutes. Indianapolis chamber orchestra masterworks seriesindiana history centernov. Beus is a pianist i will watch for in the future, and this. The 2009 van cliburn international piano competition please use this thread for all discussion related to the competition, as per our 2005 megathread.
If you seek change for america, start by changing congress. In its sheer scale, density of thought and technical requirements, the hammerklavier presents a more severe test. He went on to win numerous national and international competitions throughout his youth, capturing the attention of both audiences and critics. As long as young pianists like stephen beus and koji attwood appear, american pianism is in good. Well, indy native david baker, 75yearold professor of jazz studies at iu, was. I saw stephen beus play it once, and all the pianists who were there said that they had never seen it done before and that i was extremely lucky. Allen fellow stephen beus will perform as soloist indianapolis the indianapolis symphony orchestra will be joined by conductor ryan mcadams and 2006. In addition, 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of beethovens birth, so the orchestra is kicking off the year in style. He won the mtna national competition at the high school level at age 17, and later won the same competition again at age 21 at the collegiate level. Between late 18 and late 1815, beethoven experienced a surge of popularity unlike any other in his lifetime. I just listened to the first movement played by pollini recently and my mouth was agape half the time. The semifinals recitals of the cliburn promise a wealth of piano repertoire, thankfully with minimal duplication of works. Pianist stephen beus plans guest recital at byu oct. Hammerklavier may be as hard as the rach 3 to perform, i cant say its not.
Samuel barbers piano excursions are among his most popular instrumental works. Stephen beus recital american pianists association. I ordered his two cds of griffesscriabin and barberbauer. Stephen beus knows how important musicfest northwest can be to an aspiring performer. Although he loves piano performance, he realizes that the most important performance at this time in his life wont be at a piano, but behind a badge engraved, elder beus.
Does anyone know someone who actually recorded this fugue at the same breakneck speed. The first movement alone is a sublime work of immeasurable genius. Paintings by walter ranes, ted henninger, del parson, greg olsen, paul mann, and robert barrett. Coppell las colinas valley ranch irving reelect rambler. Beus also received praise for his other sessions, specifically for his encouraging manner and insights in the master class and for the inforshowing the different ways bach ornamented the same melody.
Renowned pianist stephen beus performs at the beethoven festival. Stephen is putting all that aside to serve a mission in finland. His youtube video of the hammerklavier fugue confirmed it. Sadly, amazon doesnt find a recording of the hammerklavier.
Stephen beus plays liszts spanish rhapsody during the preliminary recital of the th van cliburn international piano competition on may. Its always fun to hear great young talent performing at an alreadyastronomical level, and local music lovers have some promising opportunities. Education lab visit education lab for the latest news and conversation on puget sound area schools. My favorite recording okay, its just a live performance filmed with a phone of the hammerklavier s fugue is by stephen beus. Stephen beus beethoven hammerklavier fugue radio swiss classic handprint color vision, etc. Stephen beus was born in othello and currently serves as a faculty member at brigham young university. The technology to enhance safety and control features for mine shaft hoists is being investigated by researchers at the u. Stephen beus concert was described as electrifying, stunning, phenomenal, inspiring, and lyrical. Beus began lessons at age 5 and made his orchestral debut four years later. About art cognitive science and art selected poetry of gerard manley hopkins 18441889 and others the spoken word poetry, fiction, etc. Stewart goodyears 106 is fantastic if you like a blistering seatofyour pants style at beethovens markings which is the only style i like. There will be two performances of liszts sonata in b minor, by michail lifits and mariangela vacatello, and thats about it.