Voice of the Arts

David Deveau

Episode Summary

The Steinway Society of Western Pa presents pianist David Deveau who taught at CMU for a number of years then joined the faculty at MIT where he taught for over three decades. He talks with Jim Cunningham about his teachers Russell Sherman and Beveride Webster (who was born in Pittsburgh) as well as other great pianists he's worked with. He remembers fondly his years at CMU and colleagues Andres Cardenas, Hanna Li, Harry Franklin and more. Everything you need to know about the late Sonatas written when Beethoven was nearly deaf, intimate yet virtuoso and point to the future. David has recently recorded Schubert Sonatas, Wagner's Siegfried Idyll and several concertos in arrangements for quartet with some cadenzas by composer John Harbison. David also suggests some listening to great pianists on record including Wilhelm Kempff, Richard Goode, Peter Serkin. The concert is Sunday March 26 at 3pm Kresge Theater CMU.