Fabian Müller: Beethovensonaten I

In the organizer's words:

Fabian Müller: Bagatelles (world premieres)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 1, No. 18 "The Hunt", No. 25 & No. 23 "Sonata appassionata"

Fabian Müller is making a name for himself - this year, the high-flyer from Bonn is taking on the Mount Everest of the piano, Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas. He will perform the first half of the cycle in four concerts at the Beethovenfest Bonn 2024, with the second half to follow at the 2025 festival. The undertaking is akin to an accolade, because in addition to the concerts at the Beethovenfest, he has been invited by his mentor Daniel Barenboim to perform the complete piano sonatas at the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin. Fabian Müller not only finds his own approach to Beethoven's cosmos, but also responds to the multifaceted music as a composer: he precedes each sonata with a bagatelle that comments on it, introduces it, brushes it against the grain. At the start of the cycle, he draws an enormous arc from the first to the "Sonata appassionata".