William Kinderman

William Kinderman is one of those exceedingly rare pianists whose keyboard artistry is equaled, perhaps surpassed, by his uncommonly brilliant scholarship. He is the author of many books on music, including four on Beethoven and his works, one on Mozart's piano music, and one each on Wagner's Parsifal and Tristan und Isolde. He has also written numerous essays on musical subjects and fashioned new performing editions of major works, including the Beethoven string quartets. While his contributions as a scholar and pedagogue are immense, Kinderman's many admirers are likely to r...