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Lewis began by playing the cello, the only instrument for which his school could offer him tuition. At the age of 14 he was accepted by Chetham's School of Music in Manchester, where his piano studies blossomed. His teachers included Ryszard Bakst (at Chetham's), Joan Havill (at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama) and Alfred Brendel, whom ...
Paul Lewis is internationally regarded as one of the leading musicians of his generation. His cycles of core piano works by Beethoven and Schubert have received unanimous critical and public acclaim worldwide, and consolidated his reputation as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of the central European classical repertoire.
We profile the acclaimed British pianist Paul Lewis, who performs at the 2023 First Night of the Proms, and choose some of his finest recordings
Paul Lewis is a renowned pianist who has won many awards for his recordings of Beethoven, Schubert, and other classical repertoire. He performs regularly with major orchestras and festivals worldwide, and has a long-term recital series exploring Haydn, Beethoven, and Brahms.
Mar 24, 2020 · Adagio sostenuto 00:00Allegretto 05:45Presto agitato 08:04Pianist Paul Lewis performs Beethoven’s Sonata in C# minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (“Moonlight”). This work ...
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- Michael Parloff
Sep 1, 2020 · Pianist Paul Lewis talks about how he came to learn the piano and why he enjoys playing music by Beethoven.Paul Lewis is internationally regarded as one of t...
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- Scottish Chamber Orchestra
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Jul 10, 2020 · The British pianist Paul Lewis’s survey of the Beethoven piano sonatas (recorded between 2005 and 2008 on Harmonia Mundi) is widely regarded as one of the finest cycles in recent memory, with Record Review describing it as ‘a must for anybody who admires pianism at its most perceptive’, and today sees the release of his recording of the Bagatelles – works which he sees as traversing a ...
