Peter Takács
- Professor of Piano
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Faculty Collaborators Takács and Bernhardsson Release Schubert Sonatas Recording
April 21, 2023
Piano professor Peter Takács and violin professor Sibbi Bernhardsson have released a recording, Schubert: Three Sonatas for Piano and Violin, Op. 137, on the Leaf Music label—their first collaboration together. Recorded in the May 2020 in Oberlin Conservatory's Clonick Hall, these sonatas are some of Schubert’s most lively yet least-known compositions. This recording is a digital-only release and available online at Leaf Music, Apple Music, and in a lossless audio format on TIDAL Music.
Peter Takács Wins Album of the Year 2022 in Solo Instrumentalist
January 4, 2023
Professor Peter Takács's 11-CD set of the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas was voted Album of the Year 2022 in the Solo Instrumentalist category by subscribers to the high-resolution streaming platform NativeDSD.
Gramophone Reviews Beethoven Complete Music for Piano and Cello
September 16, 2022
In the current issue of The Gramophone, Donald Rosenberg reviews the recent release of BEETHOVEN Complete Music for Piano and Cello with Professor of Piano Peter Takács, piano, and Robert DeMaine, cello.
Peter Takács New Recordings Released
August 9, 2022
Professor of Piano Peter Takács has released "The Complete Music for Piano and Cello" with cellist Robert DeMaine on Leaf Music. His "Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas" is being released in high definition by the Dutch distributor nativeDSD. A new label, PeterTakácsMusic, has been created to present new recordings on all available streaming platforms, including Spotify, TIDAL, and Apple Music. The initial release is Franz Schubert's Four Impromptus, Op. 90.
Visit https://www.facebook.com/PeterTakacsPianist for more information.
Peter Takács Gives Lecture
April 22, 2020
Professor of Piano Peter Takács gave a lecture on Beethoven piano sonatas at the Music Teachers National Association 2020 virtual conference.
Peter Takács Performs Sold-Out Carnegie Hall Concert
November 5, 2015
Professor of Piano Peter Takács played the first of three programs in his "Beethoven Experience" series at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall on October 18. Of the sold-out performance, Frank Daykin of New York Concert Review said "Beethoven would have been proud.”
For more on the performance, see the New York Concert Review.
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Peter Takács—A Half-Century Celebrated
May 4, 2024
Peter Takács Begins Three Concert Series of Beethoven’s Complete Violin Sonatas
December 9, 2022
Ho Ting (Kelvin) Tang Earns 2021 Takács Beethoven Piano Prize
December 13, 2021