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Pianist Adam Golka performed Mozart at the MN Beethoven Festival.
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Pianist Adam Golka performs at the Minnesota Beethoven Festival

Minnesota Beethoven Festival - Adam Golka

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.

 

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BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 26 "Les Adieux"

NIKOLAI KAPUSTIN: Concerto Etude No. 7

ADAM GOLKA: "Relevant" Etude (2020)

GRAZYNA BACEWICZ: Sonata No. 2

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