The San Diego Symphony Hall
On the weekend of Friday, October 17, 2014, to Sunday, October 19, 2014, the San Diego
Symphony presented Van Cliburn Gold, a Jacobs Masterworks Concert of the 2014–15 Season. The
performance was held at the Jacobs Music Center's Copley Symphony Hall and featured works from
Ludwig Van Beethoven, Serge Prokofiev, and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The conductor for the
performance was Jahja Ling, and Vadym Kholodenko performed on the piano (Bromberger, 2014, p.
13). Born approximately on December 16, 1770, in Bonn, located in the Electorate of Cologne, a
principality of the Holy Roman Empire, Ludwig Van Beethoven was a composer and pianist, and is
arguably the greatest composer of all time. Uncertain of his exact birthdate, based on his ... Show
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Musical studies included the violin and clavier, as well as additional lessons from organists around
Bonn. His first public recital was on March 26, 1778, at the age of 7, but unfortunately, though he
played impressively, Beethoven received no press or recognition at the time (Biography.com). He
attended the Latin grade school Tirocinium, but in 1781, at the age of 10, Beethoven withdrew from
the school to study full–time under the Court Organist, Christian Gottlob Neefe. Under Neefe's
instruction, Beethoven was introduced to Johann Sebastian Bach. At the age of 12, Beethoven
published his first composition, piano variations based on a theme by composer and music theorist
Gallus Dressler. Beethoven was later officially appointed as Assistant Court Organist, and in 1787,
the court sent him to study with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna, Austria. During his audition,
Mozart commented on the young Beethoven's performance, "Keep your eyes on him; some day he
will give the world something to talk about." But his time under Mozart's tutelage was cut short
when Beethoven returned only a few weeks later to Bonn after learning that his mother was
desperately ill. Her death a few months later sent Beethoven into a fit of depression that would last
for years (Biography.com). The composition titled Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II and
created by Beethoven in remembrance of the death of the Holy Roman Emperor in
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