CANCELLED - My Life with Beethoven

Join us for an evening with distinguished

Beethoven scholar and musician, Sandor Salgo,

as he shares reminiscences of his long life devoted to

classical music and talks about the Beethoven pieces

that have inspired and nourished him for decades.

Professor Salgo will be joined in conversation by

Stephen Hinton. Pianist Frederick Weldy will perform

portions of Beethoven's Appasionata sonata.

Sandor Salgo

Professor of Music (Emeritus)

Sandor Salgo was born in Budapest. As a student

in Berlin he studied the violin and conducting,

and performed in the Berlin Philharmonic under

the direction of Wilhelm Furtwangler. He came to

the United States in 1937, and to Stanford in 1949.

He was conductor of the Stanford Symphony

Orchestra, the Stanford Opera Theater, the

Carmel Bach Festival, and the Marin Symphony.

Stephen Hinton

Professor of Music

Stephen Hinton joined the faculty at Stanford in

1994. From 1997—2004 he was chairman of the

Department of Music. He currently serves as editor

of Beethoven Forum and is completing a book entitled

Weill's Musical Theater: Stages of Reform.

Frederick Weldy

Senior Lecturer, Department of Music

Frederick Weldy is a pianist who has enjoyed an

international performing career, with recent

performances in Warsaw, Paris, Rome, and New

York City. He received his DMA from the University

of Michigan, and has been on the Stanford faculty since 1991.