Beethoven's Tempest Sonata mvt. 3 -- Wilhelm Kempff

Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Opus 31 No. 2

Kempff was born (1895 in Jüterbog, Brandenburg, Germany) in a family of distinguished church musicians. His father was his first teacher. He entered the Hochschule für Musik Berlin at age nine (deeply impressing the directors with his playing, improvisation and compositions) did furthur study in Potsdam, and finished up in Berlin 1916 also studying philosopy and music history.


His first appearance as a soloist was with the Berlin Phil Orch in 1918, Beethovens G major piano concerto under Arthur Nikisch.....Scandinavian tours continued after the war, culminating in a award bestowed on him by King Gustav of Sweden.

He was music director of Musikhochschule Stuttgart 1924-1929, and married piano pupil Helene Freiin Hiller in 1926. In 1927 took his first trip to Turkey and met with president Atatürk offering advice on appointments to Ankara college of music.


Then taught at Potsdam 1931-1941 with Edwin Fischer and Walter Gieseking. Premiere of his second opera "family Gozzi" in 1934 to good notices. He composed many works for orchestra, piano, organ, chamber ensembles and songs.


In 1951 he published his autobiography, ""Unter dem Zimbelstern, das Werden eines Musikers"


His first London concert in 1951 launched his strong international career (tho his first of many trips to Japan took place in 1936)

His first visit to US was for concerts in New York City, 1964


1969 TV broadcast of Beethoven's Piano Concerto G major with Rafael Kubelik (someone post that!!)


UNESCO Concert (1974) in Paris with Yehudi Menuhin and Mstislav Rostropovitch.


1979 was his last concert with orchestra, Beethovens piano concerto G major with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy.


1981 his second book came out "Was ich hörte, was ich sah".


23 May 1991, William Kempff died. He is buried in the private forest cemetery of the Baron von Künssberg at Upper Franconia.



recorded in Paris, 1968

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• Beethoven
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• Dminor
• romantic
• Op31

[37MKE]

@MrJones1337 Also love that they filmed not men but women, you can see them affected by the music.

[danvm]

For me, Kempff is one of the greatest interpreters and performers of Beethoven. The fluidity of this beautifully simple piece staggers me. The "hammer blows" punctuating the piece at 6:17 are some of those moments, so common in Beethoven, where I instinctively close my eyes to concentrate purely on the sound.

[guarrho]

@torrifreda don't worry, i'm 30 and they still don't know what i'm talking about.

[guarrho]

@ABXG true indeed

[Dharma967]

s p e e c h l e s s !

[UncreativePerson123]

@JayTie1 it is you who is immature if you truly believe that you can be too young to understand a sonata. I am 13 and can promise you that I completely comprehend the complex emotions behind his sonatas.

[ag048744j]

My computer crashes at 6:17:(

[CherriKileyma915]

ehm ich wiege 300 kilo

[CarlaUY]

@Shanelololol can´t stop laughing!!!LOL

[JayTie1]

@mommydaddy7 If you are 15 yearrs old, i dont believe you are adult enough to understand that sonata. but I will go and check it out

[889michael1]

Ω! Φοβερός!

[pieruchao]

@Shanelololol ahuauhahuauhauh