What You'll Learn
With
Dejan LazićPianist Dejan Lazić welcomes you and outlines what's ahead: how to practise on your own and tackle the technical and musical challenges of all three movements of the Moonlight Sonata.
What's in the course
20 lessons (2h 4m) · 1 free
Lesson transcript
Welcome to Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata
Hello everyone, I'm Dian Lazic.
A Bit About Me
- I'm a pianist and composer.
- I also used to play the clarinet.
- I come from a musical family in Zagreb, Croatia.
- I grew up in Salzburg, Austria, where I studied at the Mozarteum.
- Later, I lived in Munich, and now I'm based in Amsterdam.
Greetings from the beautiful splendor of Amsterdam's Canal district!
Exploring Beethoven's Work
I'm very excited to have you all join me on this exploration of Beethoven's famous and magnificent work, his Moonlight Sonata.
Did You Know?
The title, by the way, is not by Beethoven, but we'll discuss that more in upcoming lessons.
What to Expect
In this series, we'll cover:
- How to practice on your own
- Technical difficulties
- Musical difficulties
We will really dive into this magnificent work, which Beethoven composed at the brink of the 19th century.
- Sonata Number: 14
- Total Sonatas: 32
- Period: Middle period of Beethoven's works
We will also talk about Beethoven in general and the art of music making.
Learning Resources
You can revisit all these videos in your own time. Here are some helpful features:
- Slow down the tempo if you wish.
- Interactive, supportive sheet music: You can see exactly what I'm playing, follow the score, and follow my hands.
I'm really excited to welcome you all, and we'll have a lot of fun with Ludwig van Beethoven!
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Meet your guru
Meet your guru
Dejan Lazić's fresh interpretations of the repertoire have established him as one of the most unique and unusual soloists of his generation. He regularly performs with the world's leading orchestras, including the Boston and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, as well as the Australian, Basel, and Netherlands Chamber Orchestras, and has built close collaborations with conductors including Giovanni Antonini, Iván Fischer, Michael Francis, Andris Nelsons, Ivan Repušić, Thomas Søndergård, Robert Spano, John Storgårds, Krzysztof Urbański, and Jan Willem de Vriend.
Dejan Lazić has released many CDs with Channel Classics and Onyx Classics, and a recording of Beethoven's Triple Concerto for Sony Classical. His live recording of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Kirill Petrenko received the German "Echo Klassik" Award. He also has a strong following in the Far East and is active as a recitalist and chamber musician, appearing regularly at major international festivals.
Dejan Lazić's compositions receive increasing recognition, and he was signed as a composer by the Sikorski Music Publishing Group in 2015. His arrangement of Brahms' Violin Concerto as a Piano Concerto "No. 3" was premiered and recorded with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Robert Spano in 2009 and has enjoyed much ongoing success, at the BBC Proms, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Hamburg Easter Festival, and Chopin Festival Warsaw, in both Americas and in Japan. His Piano Concerto in Istrian Style (Op. 18) was premiered at the Aspen Music Festival in 2014 and has since been performed throughout Europe and in the USA. Other works include various orchestral, chamber, and piano music, cadenzas, as well as several arrangements of works by Mozart, Schubert, R. Strauss, Wagner, and Debussy.
Dejan Lazić was born in Zagreb, Croatia, into a family of musicians. He grew up in Salzburg, Austria, where he studied at the Mozarteum (piano, clarinet and composition). His early encounters with Zoltán Kocsis and Imre Rohmann at the Bartók Festival in Hungary were decisive for his artistic career, as was the significant influence of Peter Eötvös. Dejan Lazić lives in Amsterdam.
In Master Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven, Dejan shares the insight behind those acclaimed interpretations, guiding you through all three movements of one of the best-loved works in the piano repertoire so you can shape it with genuine understanding rather than imitation. www.dejanlazic.com
