Pianist Kit Armstrong

»This is probably the quality of Beethoven that I admire the most: That he opened the door between the utterly abstract, incomprehensible realm and the realm accessible to everybody.« –Kit Armstrong 

Artistic Director Steven Walter talks to pianist and composer Kit Armstrong – a frequent guest at the festival. He shared the stage with Renaud Capuçon and Julia Hagen at the closing concert of the 2022 Beethovenfest. In 2023, he gave a piano recital in the former Bonn Plenary Hall. In 2026 and 2027, he will be the central figure in the major cycle »Beethoven27«.

In the podcast, he talks about his fascination with music, mathematics, physics and chemistry, and his personal approach to Beethoven’s music.

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