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“Scarlatti, Beethoven, Schubert: the Art of Sonata Form and its Evolution”

PROGRAM

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

Sonata in Fa minore K 466

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Sonata per pianoforte in Do maggiore Op. 53 “Waldstein”

Intermission

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Sonata per pianoforte in Fa diesis minore D 571 “Incompiuta”

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Sonata per pianoforte in Do minore Op. 111

Christian Leotta is internationally recognized as one of the foremost interpreters of Beethoven of his generation. Born in Catania and based in Como, he first captured public attention at just twenty-two years of age with a complete performance of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas in Montreal — a feat he has since repeated in numerous cities around the world.

Trained at the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory in Milan and the Tureck Bach Research Foundation in Oxford, he deepened his studies with leading figures such as Karl Ulrich Schnabel and Rosalyn Tureck. He has collaborated with major orchestras including the Münchner Philharmoniker, the Wiener Kammerorchester, and the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, and has performed at the world’s most prestigious concert halls and theaters, from the Konzerthaus in Vienna to the Great Hall of the Bunka Kaikan Theatre in Tokyo and the Xinghai Concert Hall in Guangzhou.

For the Canadian label Atma Classique, he recorded the complete Beethoven sonatas to widespread critical acclaim. The German magazine Rondó wrote that Christian Leotta “possesses that rare Beethovenian gene, which reveals an interpreter of Beethoven hardly comparable to any other pianist of his generation.”

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