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From August 2018 until February 2021, I will be learning all 18 Mozart Piano Sonatas. Why Mozart? I don't exactly recall how the idea came to me, but I get a lot of ideas for dream projects. This one has stuck. I have a particular style for Mozart in my ear, a specific way I think his music should go, but it's a style I don't hear a lot. I want to see how closely I can reach that ideal style.

I like the idea of digging in to a massive body of repertoire, of developing my own artistry through a long-term study of one composer. Many people say Mozart is the hardest composer to play for his intricacy and delicacy; I'm going to see if that's true. I myself used to hate Mozart, now I can't play his music enough. 

I've grouped the Sonatas into 3 recitals, combining some earlier Sonatas with some mid- and late-career works, beyond accounting for length and key contrasts. I'll learn each Sonata one at a time, each over the course of one month, posting a performance before the next month begins. Once I've learned all the Sonatas from a recital, I'll take 1 last month to work on the program as a whole, producing a clearer, final performance record of each Sonata.

Throughout each month I will be documenting my work through video updates on my Facebook page, and posts on my blog. This page will serve as a hub: all of this content, plus the end-of-month and final recital performances will be linked here. You can use the tables below to check out which Sonata I'll be taking on next, and catch up on posts and updates before watching a few performances.
Recital #1: January 2019
Blog Posts and Updates
Performances
August 2018: Sonata #1 in C, K 279
  1. Facebook Update #1
  2. Don Giovanni
  3. ​The funny thing about 'Mozart in a Month' (AKA-I used to hate Mozart)
  4. Facebook Update #2
  5. Mozart's Flute Quartets
  6. Walter Klein plays Mozart
  1. Month-end Performance: August 31, 2018
  2. ​September 5, 2018: Performance with Commentary
September, 2018: Sonata in a​, K 310
  1. ​L'Amour de Loin
  2. Progress Update #1
  3. Tonality Sucks (and other myths)
  4. Mozart's Church Sonatas
  5. Nadia Reisenberg plays Mozart
  1. Month-end Performance: ​September 28, 2018
  2. October 1, 2018: Performance with Commentary
October 2018: Sonata in D​, K 576
  1. Mozart's Music is the hardest music
  2. The Magic Flute
  3. Andor Foldes
  4. Haffner Symphony
  5. ​2 Perspectives: Leygraf and Horszowski, 1st Movement
  6. 2 Perspectives: Leygraf and Horszowski, 2nd Movement
  7. ​2 Perspectives: Leygraf and Horszowski, 3rd Movement
  8. Post Performance Thoughts
  1. Month-end Performance: ​October 31, 2018  
November: Sonata in C​, K 545
  1. Progress Update #1
  2. Franz Schreker's Die Gezeichneten 
  3. Mozart Thoughts: Time and Bells
  4. 2 Perspectives: Uchida and Bezuidenhout, 1st movement 
  5. 2 Perspectives: Uchida and Bezuidenhout, 2nd movement
  6. 2 Perspectives: Uchida and Bezuidenhout, 3rd movement
  7. Jupiter Symphony
  1. Early run-through: November 6, 2018
  2. Month-end Performance: November 30, 2018
December 2018: Sonata in G​, K 283
  1. Mitridate, Re di Ponte
  2. ​
  1. Month-end Performance: January 31, 2019
January 2019: ​Sonata in Bb, K 333
  
  1. Month-end Performance: January 31, 2019  
Recital #2: February 2020
Blogs Posts and Updates
Performances
August 2019: : Sonata in D​, K 311
 
  
September 2019: Sonata in Bb, K 570
  
  
October 2019:  ​Sonata in D​, K 284
 
  
November 2019: ​Sonata in Eb, K 282 
  
  
December 2019: Sonata in F, K 280
  
 
January 2020: Sonata in A​, K 331
  
  
Recital #3: February 2021
Blog Posts and Updates
Performances
August 2020: Sonata in F​, K 533/494
   
  
September 2020: Sonata in C​, K 309
  
   
October 2020: Sonata in c​, K 457
 
 
November 2020: Sonata in Bb​, K 281
 
 
December 2020: Sonata in F​, K 332
 
 
January 2021: Sonata in C, K 330