Mike Garson (US) – Pathétique Variations
DOWNLOAD: Mike Garson (US) – “Pathétique Variations” – Susanne Kessel, piano
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
