Focus Residency: Gilles Vonsattel, Behind The Music

This December, renowned pianist Gilles Vonsattel presents a brand-new residency, titled The End/So Beautiful and Free. The program explores the sense of endings in music, and is built upon Ludwig van Beethoven‘s final piano sonata. As Gilles says, “The title refers to the extraordinary way in which Beethoven chooses to end his final sonata - a kind of celestial evaporation. I’ve always loved the famous Doors song The End, and there is something I...