Boulez’s Second Piano Sonata: inside the score with Tamara Stefanovich

Peter Quantrill
Friday, February 21, 2025

Tamara Stefanovich talks to Peter Quantrill about the Beethovenian qualities of heroism and resistance in this landmark work of the post-war avant-garde

Tamara Stefanovich worked closely with Pierre Boulez on his Second Piano Sonata (photography: Christian Lillinger)

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