Pianist Fazıl Say

»For me, making music is about expressing myself. Whether I’m composing or interpreting a piece by a composer, it has to have something to do with life!«

Fazıl Say demonstrates the impressive activist power of music like no other composer and interpreter. He is one of the most important voices in contemporary classical music and is always a welcome guest at Beethovenfest.

In conversation, Fazıl Say reveals, among other things, why he will be playing Leoš Janáček’s »From the Street – 1 Oct. 1905« alongside his own works and what the piece has to do with his own »Gezi Park« piano sonata. A conversation not to be missed! 

bee.contemporary is the discussion podcast of Beethovenfest Bonn. Here we invite guests from the worlds of music, culture and society to talk to us about current artistic projects and contemporary discourse.