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Mike Garson

Mike Garson (US) – Pathétique Variations

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Mike Garson about his piano piece “Pathétique Variations”:

„When you have such a gorgeous melody as this 2nd movement, the music finds you. All I had to do is sit at the piano and capture these variations as they flew out oft he universe through my fingers. Beethoven, a master of variations, inpired me to choose this medium. Melodically or harmonically one can always feel the essence of this highly inspired melody.“

Piano piece “Pathétique Variations” – in concert:

25th February 2016 – Uraufführung – Klavierhaus Klavins, Bonn – Susanne Kessel, piano

27th February 2016 – Studio M22, Köln – Susanne Kessel, piano

11th March 2016 – Arp Museum, Rolandseck – Susanne Kessel, piano

24th April 2016 – Kunstraum Artfüm, St Augustin – Susanne Kessel, piano

1st May 2016 – Studio der Beethovenhalle, Bonn – Susanne Kessel piano

11th May 2016  Ausgustinum, Bad Neuenahr – Susanne Kessel, piano

2nd July 2016 – Kunstmuseum Bonn – Susanne Kessel, piano

10th September 2016 – Roisdorfer Mineralquellen – Susanne Kessel, piano

11th September 2016 – Schloß Raesfeld – Susanne Kessel, piano

3rd Oktober 2016 – Poppelsdorfer Schloß “Pianodrom”, Bonn – Susanne Kessel, piano

10th December 2016  – Bonner Kunstverein – Susanne Kessel, piano

26th March 2017 – Johanneskirche, Bonn – Susanne Kessel, piano

16th May 2017 – Foyer Européen, Luxembourg – Susanne Kessel, piano

15th July 2017 – Marktplatz Bonn / “Beethoven Countdown 17” – Susanne Kessel, piano

30th September 2017 – Post Tower Lounge, Bonn – Susanne Kessel, piano

4th December 2017 – Festival Nieuwe Muziek, Zwolle – Susanne Kessel, piano

5th December 2017 – ArtEZ Conservatorium, Zwolle – Susanne Kessel, piano

12th December 2017 – Hotel Bristol, Bonn – Susanne Kessel, piano

22nd April 2018 – Gasthaus „Im Stiefel“ Bonn – Susanne Kessel, piano

2nd Juni 2018  – Marktplatz Bonn / “Beethoven Countdown 18” – Susanne Kessel, piano

17th August 2018 – Augustinum Bad Neuenahr – Susanne Kessel, piano

7th October 2018 – Schloß Raesfeld – Susanne Kessel, piano

6th November 2018 – Stadthalle Bonn – Susanne Kessel, piano

27th November 2018 – Schmitthalle Bonn – Susanne Kessel, piano

21st Dezember 2018 – Wohnstift Beethoven, Bornheim – Susanne Kessel, piano

6 thJune 2019 – Galerie Wechselstrom, Vienna – Susanne Kessel, piano

6th September 2019 – TASTE Klavierfestival Ebertplatz, Köln – Susanne Kessel, piano

9th September 2019 – Historisches Gemeindezentrum Bonn – Susanne Kessel, piano

30th January 2023 – Pantheon Theater, Bonn “Beethoven Piano Club” – Susanne Kessel, piano

 

About Mike Garson (*1945)

Mike Garson is an American pianist, most notable for his work with David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Billy Corgan, Free Flight, and The Smashing Pumpkins. A comprehensive biography of his life and career to date was published by Fantom (UK) in 2015, under the title “Bowie’s Piano Man: The Life of Mike Garson” and written by fellow pianist, Clifford Slapper.  Website Mike Garson