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Edinburgh Royal Mile International Piano Series -The Beethoven Sonatas
St Giles Cathedral plays host to the inaugural Edinburgh Royal Mile International Piano Series. This exciting and prestigious new concert series will feature all 32 of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas throughout 2024-25. Featuring exceptional performances from leading UK and international pianists, these concerts will be an unrivalled opportunity to enjoy some of the world's greatest piano repertoire, as curated by our guest performers. Set in the stunning candlelit venue of St Giles Cathedral, with it's newly installed Steinway Grand Piano, this will be a musical experience to remember! St Giles is situated in the heart of the Royal Mile with many bars and restaurants nearby to complete your evening.
Featuring
Tyler Hay (piano)
Programme
Hay - English Suite
Czerny - Sonata No.2 in A minor, Op 10
Beethoven - Sonata no 23 in F minor, op 57 “Appassionata”
Tyler Hay was born in 1994 and first showed a prodigious talent for the piano when he won the Dennis Loveland award in Kent for his performance of Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz no 1 at the age of 11. He gained a place to study at the Purcell School in 2007 where he studied under Tessa Nicholson. He continued his studies with Graham Scott and Frank Wibaut at the Royal Northern College of Music and with Niel Immelman and Gordon Fergus-Thompson for a Masters degree at the Royal College of Music.
Featuring
Tyler Hay (piano)
Programme
Hay - English Suite
Czerny - Sonata No.2 in A minor, Op 10
Beethoven - Sonata no 23 in F minor, op 57 “Appassionata”
Tyler Hay was born in 1994 and first showed a prodigious talent for the piano when he won the Dennis Loveland award in Kent for his performance of Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz no 1 at the age of 11. He gained a place to study at the Purcell School in 2007 where he studied under Tessa Nicholson. He continued his studies with Graham Scott and Frank Wibaut at the Royal Northern College of Music and with Niel Immelman and Gordon Fergus-Thompson for a Masters degree at the Royal College of Music.
Monday 30 June
St Giles Cathedral, High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1RE
Mon 30 Jun 2025,6:30PM - 7:30PM
£15, £19, £25, £35
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