John O'Conor, piano
Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 8:00 PM
Location: American Philosophical Society
The Program
Haydn: Sonata in B Minor, Hob. XVI:32
Field: Nocturne No. 5 in B-flat Major, Andantino
Field: Nocturne No. 6 in F Major, Andante
Field: Nocturne No. 18 in E Major, Allegretto, "Le Midi"
Beethoven: Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 110
Schubert: Sonata in C Minor, D. 958
The Artist
Irish pianist John O'Conor has earned a worldwide reputation as a masterful interpreter of the Classic and early-Romantic repertoires. Following initial studies in his native Dublin he studied in Vienna with the renowned pedagogue Dieter Weber, won First Prize at the Beethoven International Piano Competition in Vienna in 1973 and made a special study of Beethoven with the legendary German pianist Wilhelm Kempff. Since then he has toured the world in recital and concerto appearances and makes regular visits to Europe, the USA, Japan, Korea and China. His recordings on the Telarc label ‑ particularly the John Field Nocturnes (which spent many weeks on the Billboard charts), the Beethoven Bagatelles and a box set of the complete Beethoven Sonatas ‑ have brought him wide renown.
Earlier this year he finished his recording of the complete Beethoven Piano Concertos with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andreas Delfs. For more information on John O'Conor, visit www.johnoconor.com.
