Bourgie Hall presents

Herbert Schuch

Schubert’s Last Three Sonatas

A disciple of the great Alfred Brendel, Herbert Schuch is truly a poet of the piano. He invites us on an introspective journey where he will perform Schubert’s last three piano sonatas, a deeply moving musical testament.

Herbert Schuch’s credo is not only to make music sound, but also to make it speak. With his strikingly conceived solo programs and recordings of the highest artistic standard, he creates a conversation between composers, the podium, and the audience.

October 2023 saw the release of his recording of Erwin Schulhoff’s piano concerto, composed in 1923, as well as Beethoven’s first piano concerto with the WDR Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tung-Chieh Chuang.

Herbert Schuch was born in Timișoara, Romania, in 1979. He had his first piano lessons in his native city, before his family moved to Germany in 1988, where he has lived since. He continued his musical studies with Kurt Hantsch and then with Prof. Karl-Heinz Kämmerling at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. Recently, Herbert Schuch has been especially influenced by his encounters and work with Alfred Brendel. He created an international stir when he won three major competitions in just one year: the Casagrande Competition, the London International Piano Competition and the International Beethoven Competition in Vienna.

Program
SCHUBERT
Piano Sonata in C minor, D. 958
Piano Sonata in A major, D. 959
Piano Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 7:30pm
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