{"id":738,"date":"2025-11-18T06:46:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T06:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benschoeman.com\/?page_id=738"},"modified":"2026-02-25T05:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T05:41:25","slug":"pianolecturerecitals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/benschoeman.com\/index.php\/pianolecturerecitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecture Recitals"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"738\" class=\"elementor elementor-738\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fd2364 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5fd2364\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-579ea85 e-con-full glass-element e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"579ea85\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-739442e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"739442e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LECTURE RECITALS <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be4e4a0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"be4e4a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23375c4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"23375c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a77dc13 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a77dc13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LECTURE RECITALS <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cd4942 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3cd4942\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55f59de elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"55f59de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"387\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/benschoeman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Piano.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-250\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benschoeman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Piano.png 387w, https:\/\/benschoeman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Piano-300x287.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd16f0a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cd16f0a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85265b4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85265b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ben Schoeman\u2019s recital programmes are more than performances; they are journeys into the cultural, historical, and emotional worlds that shape music. Drawing on his expertise as a <a href=\"https:\/\/benschoeman.com\/#steinway\">Steinway Artist, educator, and storyteller<\/a>, he curates themed concerts that connect the piano repertoire to broader artistic movements, literature, visual art, philosophy, and lived human experiences. These recital themes invite audiences to discover music not only as sound, but also as a story, an architecture, a landscape, and a dialogue across cultures.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f0659d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f0659d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Expressive Keyboard Ornamentation in Baroque Music<\/li><li>Beethoven and his Symphonies: A Pianist\u2019s Perspective<\/li><li>The Romantic Piano \u2013 A travelogue through Music, Architecture, Visual Art and Literature<\/li><li>The Liszt Piano Sonata: Transformations and Figurations of a Romantic Wanderer<\/li><li>Romantic Chamber Music \u2013 From the Domestic Sphere into the Concert Hall<\/li><li>Of Foreign Lands and People \u2013 Ethnomusicological Perspectives in Music from around the World<\/li><li>Impressionistic Canvases and Cultural Interactions \u2013 The Music of Debussy and Ravel<\/li><li>Symbolism and Spirituality in Scriabin and Rachmaninoff<\/li><li>Late-Romanticism in Vienna, Berlin, Munich and Paris<\/li><li>Bauhaus and Early Twentieth Century Music<\/li><li>The Visceral and Ethereal Worlds of Stravinsky and Messiaen<\/li><li>Avant-Garde and Experimentalism in 20th and 21st Century Music<\/li><li>Women in Music \u2013 Understanding and Realising Marginalised Creativity<\/li><li>Southern African Soundscapes in the music of Stefans Grov\u00e9 (1922-2014)<\/li><li>African Piano Techniques: Understanding the instrument through communal practices and music<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7489e5d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7489e5d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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