Inquirer Highlights Curtis Alumni and Ambitious Repertoire
The article explores the bold repertoire choices and projects from several musicians, including three Curtis alumni
A piece from the Philadelphia Inquirer looks at several musicians—including Curtis piano alumni Haochen Zhang (’12), Yuja Wang (’08), and Stewart Goodyear (’98)—who have taken on heavy-weight repertoire usually tackled by musicians later in their careers.
Classical music critic and columnist David Patrick Stearns discusses Haochen Zhang’s recent recording of Beethoven’s complete piano concertos (Nos. 1-5) with The Philadelphia Orchestra and guest conductor Nathalie Stutzmann; Yuja Wang’s performance of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 29 (“Hammerklavier”); and Stewart Goodyear’s 2013 “Sonatathon,” where he played all 32 Beethoven sonatas in one day at age 35.
Read the Inquirer article HERE.
