Beethoven Reimagined

When Ludwig van Beethoven published the 29th of his 32 piano sonatas, nicknamed “the Hammerklavier,” he is said to have quipped to his publisher in 1819 that the work would keep pianists busy for the next 50 years — and it’s still keeping pianists busy.

Pianist Hui-Chuan Chen’s program, Beethoven Reimagined, features not only the massive and technically challenging Hammerklavier sonata, but also a new commissioned work by composer Daniel Pesca, Impromptu #2 (after Beethoven), directly inspired by Beethoven’s masterpiece.

The program:
Daniel Pesca: Impromptu #2 (after Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier” (1819)

Pianist Hui-Chuan Chen has appeared on concert stages across the United States, including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Aspen Music Festival. She is an affiliate artist at UMBC.

Beethoven Reimagined is the culmination of her project Standing on Giants’ Shoulder, designed to create and discover new meaning in classical masterworks, and to commission new compositions inspired by them.