Ace pianist Artas Balakauskas will delight music lovers with his series of 10 recitals featuring Ludwig van Beethoven’s famous 32 sonatas, starting on Saturday at the Siam Music Yamaha Concert Salon at 7pm.
Artas Balakauskas.
In the inaugural concert of the series, he will perform three celebrated and loved Beethoven piano sonatas — Pathétique, Moonlight and Appassionata.
Lithuanian pianist Balakauskas hardly needs a presentation for audiences in Bangkok. A graduate from the prestigious Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory and laureate of national and international piano competitions, he has appeared in solo recitals, as well as in a piano duo team with his wife Indhuon Srikaranonda.
Entitled “Beethoven Cycle — 32 Piano Sonatas”, the recitals are the collaboration between Siam Music Yamaha and Boesendorfer Thailand. The recitals will take place every three months with Balakauskas playing the exceptional Bösendorfer Beethoven, a limited edition of only 32 in the world.
There is no admission fee but reservations via email to boesendorfer.concerts@yamaha.co.th is necessary.
The Yamaha Concert Salon is on the fourth floor of Siam Kolkarn Building on Rama I Road, near BTS National Stadium station.
Call 02-215-2626 ext 1216, 1218 or 1236.
