The Ascona Music Festival
IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME
Enjoy the music and words of Beethoven, brought to you in cooperation with Edelweiss Emission.
From 23rd June to 31st December 2021, seven months of extraordinary programming.
In this edition, entitled Daniel Levy Celebrates Beethoven, we celebrate 12 years of the Ascona Music Festival. We want to do it online, together with all of you, music lovers everywhere.
Our intention is to cross geographical borders in the name of Beethoven, in the hope that a cascade of luminous vibrations, in the guise of literature and music, will spread his words and their illuminating depth globally. May they be a beacon in this historic time that all of humanity is going through.
A heartfelt cultural initiative, a tribute beyond time, in the comfort of your own home.
A restful pause of intimate recollection and revelation for all who experience it.
THE PROGRAMME:
Online Concerts - Musical Moments with Beethoven
23 September 2021
Daniel Levy plays Beethoven: Unheard Works
A Piano Recital by Daniel Levy. The programme includes the WORLD PREMIERE of some unknown pieces by Beethoven: four Dances and Menuetti, from sketches found in Beethoven's notebooks. Download your concert programme
7 October 2021
Daniel Levy plays Beethoven: Bagatelles & Adagios
A very original program in this second Piano Recital by Daniel Levy: a selection of the beautiful and less performed Bagatelles, both those without opus numbers and a selection of the opus 119 and 126, and some Adagios of the Piano Sonatas that make the whole a rich fresco of Beethoven's inventiveness. Download your concert programme
21 October 2021
Daniel Levy: Musical Moments (Piano Improvisations)
This unmissable recital consists of ‘Improvisations’ for piano lovingly dedicated to Beethoven. The performance includes spontaneous, electrifying moments recorded during a profound effusion. A unique experience in the world of classical music!
Book & Audiobook
Book “Dialogue with Beethoven”
A highly original book by Daniel Levy in which he converses in his imagination with Beethoven. Levy relives the full human experience of perennial wisdom and transforming passion, through the words that Beethoven left in his writings and letters and in quotes from conversations with him recalled by those who knew him. This is Beethoven as we have never known him before.
Audiobook
For those who love to listen, the evocative audiobook version of Dialogue with Beethoven: A Tribute Beyond Time will be available in Italian, English and Spanish. Here Beethoven’s words are given voice, accompanied by his inspirational music, to envelop you in an even more complete and subtle atmosphere.
3 Albums
Sonatas (Vol. 1 - Vol. 2 - Vol. 3)
Three exclusive albums featuring six sonatas in the keys of C (C major, C minor and C-sharp minor). Flawless recordings by the pianist Daniel Levy, acclaimed by international critics, that masterfully evoke the essence of Beethoven’s first compositional flashes and his later musical insights for the piano.
Art Prints
Art prints inspired by Beethoven's Music
‘Painted with Light’ is a tribute by Marga Baigorria to the Ascona Music Festival 2021. Vibrating with poetic creativity, these images whisper luminous landscapes and beings of beauty.Born from music, they resonate like music.
Webinar: 17th January 2022
Webinar: Music saves us (in Italian)
A special webinar created and conducted by Daniel Levy in his role as musician, educator and pianist, dedicated to the transforming power of Music. Levy will be illustrating each lesson from the piano, thus allowing each participant to treasure unforgettable moments.
Ascona Music Festival and
Edelweiss Emission for BEETHOVEN
Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.
