Adam Golka was 18 when he first performed all 32 of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas. During the pandemic, he went back to them and found they were his saving grace.

This summer, Golka opened his Minnesota Beethoven Festival recital with Sonata No. 26, Les Adieux.

PROGRAM

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 26 "Les Adieux"

NIKOLAI KAPUSTIN: Concerto Etude No. 7

ADAM GOLKA: "Relevant" Etude (2020)

GRAZYNA BACEWICZ: Sonata No. 2