Author Archives: David Beech

Steinway Society Young Artists Shine!

by David Beech
March 15, 2008

 [David Beech, an amateur clarinetist, pianist and clavichordist, and a music lover of broad experience and taste, is a frequent contributor as a guest reviewer in this column.]        The 2008 Young Artists Concert of the Steinway Society of the … Continue reading →

Archived in these categories: Piano, Youth

Robert Schwartz Returns to Triumph!

by David Beech
January 27, 2008

The Steinway Society audience was treated to an exemplary recital by Robert Schwartz on Sunday evening, January 27, 2008 at Le Petit Trianon, San Jose. Schwartz, now on the piano faculty at Mills College in Oakland, repeated his triumph of … Continue reading →

Archived in these categories: 20th Century, Piano, Romantic Era

Pianist Anton Querti in Recital

by David Beech
November 18, 2007

True to form, the celebrated Vienna-born Canadian pianist Anton Kuerti excelled in Beethoven in his recital on Sunday evening, November 18, 2007 at Le Petit Trianon, San Jose. In these days when Beethoven sonatas seem to appear more and more … Continue reading →

Archived in these categories: Piano

Pianist Joyce Yang

by David Beech
September 22, 2007

The young Korean pianist Joyce Yang launched the new season of the Steinway Society of the Bay Area in imposing style on Sunday evening, September 23, 2007 at Le Petit Trianon, San Jose. Already the silver medallist in the 2005 … Continue reading →

Archived in these categories: Piano

Nikolai Demidenko

by David Beech
April 29, 2007

    “Extreme Demidenko” might have been the billing for the concert presented by the Steinway Society of the Bay Area on Sunday evening, April 29, 2007 at Le Petit Trianon, San Jose. The Russian-born, London-domiciled pianist easily exceeded the previously … Continue reading →

Archived in these categories: Piano