Beethoven’s 250th Birthday Celebration
Presented live online by Virtual Concert Halls
Join us for an all-day marathon event, including performances of Beethoven sonatas, newly commissioned works written for the project “32 Bright Clouds: Beethoven Conversations Around the World", interviews and conversations with the composers and special guests.
Performances will also include two World Premieres of Beethoven-inspired "32 Bright Clouds" works by composers from Cambodia and Hong Kong!
The day’s events will begin at 9am and end at 9pm, with a new segment beginning each hour on the hour. Guests include composers Bongani Ndodana-Breen (South Africa), Ne Myo Aung (Myanmar), Sidney Boquiren (Philippines), Alfred Wong (Hong Kong), Bosba (Cambodia), Ananda Sukarlan (Indonesia), Aslihan Kecebashoglu (Turkey), Adina Izarra (Venezuela), Milad Yousufi (Afghanistan), Carolina Noguera-Palau (Colombia), Xavier Beteta (Guatemala), music writer and broadcaster Jed Distler and more.
The complete lineup for the day will be announced on December 1st.
Yael Weiss dedicates the day’s events to the memory of the great pianist Leon Fleisher, her teacher and mentor who passed away on August 2nd, 2020.
This full day Marathon Beethoven Celebration is being offered free of charge.
If you wish to support this effort, donations are greatly appreciated!
To make a tax-deductible contribution supporting the composers and the “32 Bright Clouds” project:
nyfa.org/fiscal-sponsorship/project-directory/view-project/?id=YW1547
About “32 Bright Clouds”:
32 Bright Clouds: Beethoven Conversations Around the World” is a global music-commissioning, performing and recording project curated by pianist Yael Weiss. The project commissions a diverse group of composers from countries of conflict and unrest around the world, with all new works unified by a single “Peace motif” from Beethoven, where he added the inscription “A Call for Inward and Outward Peace” above the notes. Each new composition is connected to one of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas. "32 Bright Clouds" aims to harness music’s great power for unity and peace.
For more about "32 Bright Clouds: Beethoven Conversations Around the World": 32brightclouds.com
About Yael Weiss: yaelweiss.com/
About Virtual Concert Halls: virtualconcerthalls.com/
To listen to samples of works:
youtu.be/IZIVnduZWHY
youtu.be/wPLPDUAoeh0
To sign up for the newsletter: 32brightclouds.com/newsletter