Yu Kosuge
Beethoven MO-DE
On this website, you can follow pianist Yu Kosuge’s challenge of performing all existing compositions by Beethoven with piano.
Now that I finished the recording and cycle of all Beethoven Sonatas, I realized this wasn’t a goal but a new beginning. Every time I play his piece, there is a new discovery, and makes me hungry to learn more about him. So I would like to continue this journey with you and play not only all his solo works, but also chamber music and songs, heading towards Beethoven’s 250th anniversary in 2020. I call this project Beethoven MO-DE.
MO-DE is a Japanese word which describes a “shrine visit” but also means to “pay respect”. In this project I would like to “visit” every piece I play with great respect to Beethoven.
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.
Ludwig van Beethoven
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(日本語) チェロとピアノのためのソナタ第3番 Op.69 第1楽章 初稿
(日本語) 今回の石坂団十郎さんとのツアー第2弾で、チェロとピアノのためのソナタ第3番Op.69を取り上げますが、第1楽章の初稿も演奏させていただきます。 ...
(日本語) チェロとピアノのためのソナタ Op.102-1
(日本語) 作品5の二つのソナタからほぼ20年の歳月が過ぎ、Op.102の二つのソナタを書いた1815年のベートーヴェンは45歳で、この時期に残した作品は数少なく、しかし貴重です。 ...