"Music on Park Avenue: Evenings with Pianist Per Tengstrand" ("Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph")

Famous Writer & Piano Virtuoso Discuss/Play Beethoven in "Music on Park Avenue" Event

A brilliant scholar, a virtuosic pianist, and Ludwig Beethoven come together for an evening that's equal parts musing, music and magic in "Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph". The latest installment of "Music on Park Avenue: Evenings with Pianist Per Tengstrand" series brings together Tengstrand, described by "The Washington Post" as "technically resplendent, powerful, intuitively secure," with Jan Swafford, the composer and acclaimed biographer. A natural raconteur and deeply insightful critic, Swafford will share insights from his latest, a bio of the Wild-Haired One that's wowed critics and readers alike. Music by Beethoven, Haydn and Mozart, played with inimitable skill by Tengstrand, will complement the discussion at Scandinavia House.