Frank van de Laar - Schubert, Schumann and Brahms - World Pianists

Schubert's second to last sonata

Frans Schubert undoubtedly belongs to the foreland of Brahms. According to the German pianist Alfred Brendel, Schubert is someone who likes to wander around. 'He moves with great pleasure on the edge of the abyss and does so with the assurance of a sleepwalker'. The latter certainly happens in Schubert's penultimate piano sonata, which he completed only three months before his death. Beautiful lilting melodies alternate Schubert with more dramatic passages. With this sonata Schubert proves once again to be the founder of German Romanticism, with Brahms, Schumann and Dohnányi as his direct successors.

Frank van de Laar

At the age of ten Frank van de Laar began his piano studies, which he completed cum laude at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam in 1989. In 1988 he won first prize at the Postbank-Sweelinck competition and made his debut the same year in the Great Hall of the Concertgebouw. Since then, performances at home and abroad have followed each other in rapid succession. He performed in almost all countries of Europe, in America and Asia. He received many awards and distinctions. Numerous radio and television recordings recorded his performances and more than twenty CDs have since been released.

Typical Frank of the Boot
"I'm interested in a lot of, solo, chamber music, contemporary music. I don't know if there's ever going to be a time when I want to specialize in something." Typical Frank van de Laar is in any case the great affinity with the music he plays. "I hope I can discover new things in music and convey that to the audience. I want to pass on the important essentials.
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Listen Frank van de Laar in Schubert's Sonata D 959