Adam Golka’s 32@32: Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas

About Adam Golka

Since the age of 16, when he won first prize at the China Shanghai International Piano Competition, Adam Golka has been a favorite on concert stages around the world. Now age 32 and a well-established artist, Golka celebrates Beethoven’s 250th birthday by playing all thirty-two of Beethoven’s piano sonatas over a span of eleven performances. Having studied Beethoven under the guidance of masters such as Leon Fleisher, Alfred Brendel, Sir András Schiff, and Murray Perahia, Adam Golka offers a once-in-a-lifetime experience of hearing all of Beethoven’s piano masterpieces in an exciting and engaging format.

Experience Adam Golka’s 32@32: Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas

Performance 1: A Grand Start and the Waldstein
Sonata No. 1 in f minor, Op. 2 No. 1
Sonata No. 13, quasi una Fantasia, in E-flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1
Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein”

Performance 2: Alla Tedesca
Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2 No. 2
Sonata No. 25 in G Major, Op. 79, “Tedesca”
Sonata No. 11 in B-flat Major, Op. 22

Performance 3: The Hunt
Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3
Sonata/Sonatina No. 19 in g minor, Op. 49 No. 1
Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3, “The Hunt”

Performance 4: The Moonlight Sonata
Sonata No. 4 in E-flat Major, Op. 7 “Grande Sonata”
Sonata No. 27 in e minor, Op. 90
Sonata No. 14, quasi una Fantasia, in c-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2

Performance 5: The Appassionata
Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3
Sonata/Sonatina No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49 No. 2
Sonata No. 23 in f minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”

Performance 6: Les Adieux
Sonata No. 5 in c minor, Op. 10 No. 1
Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31 No. 1
Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a

Performance 7: Pastoral
Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28, “Pastoral”
Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54
Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101

Performance 8: The Hammerklavier
Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp Major, op. 78 “à Thérèse”
Grand Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, op. 106 “Hammerklavier”

Performance 9: The Tempest
Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14 No. 1
Sonata No. 17 in d minor, Op. 31 No. 2 “The Tempest”
Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109

Performance 10: Beethoven Unleaded
Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, Op. 26
Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10 #2
Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110

Performance 11: “Pathétique” and a Cosmic Finale
Sonata No. 8 in c minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”
Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14 No. 2
Sonata No. 32 in c minor, op. 111