Pianist Adam Golka presents Beethoven Birthday celebration at Archway Gallery. 11 nights of concerts

HOUSTON, TX -- Archway Gallery is pleased to present 32@32, a unique exploration of the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas in the 250th anniversary season, by acclaimed pianist and native Texan, Adam Golka. Adam will perform the complete sonatas over a series of 11 concerts, alongside short companion films about his personal journey through this monumental repertoire, made in collaboration with filmmaker Zac Nicholson. The concerts will be held nightly at Archway Gallery Dec. 17-Dec. 23 and Dec. 27-30 at 8 p.m. Tickets are availabe at archwaygallery.com

Since first self-presenting and performing Beethoven’s 32 Piano Sonatas at the age of 18, Adam has immersed himself in studying the master’s works. He has studied Beethoven under the guidance of masters such as Leon Fleisher, Alfred Brendel, Sir András Schiff, Murray Perahia, and Ferenc Rados. In 2011, Adam performed a cycle of all five Beethoven concerti with the Lubbock Symphony, with his brother Tomasz at the baton, and last summer, he made his San Francisco Symphony debut at the Stern Grove Festival in Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto. Now 32 years old, Adam is celebrating Beethoven’s 250th birthday by playing the whole cycle of Beethoven’s 32 Piano Sonatas in multiple cities. This coincides with a self-produced video series called 32@32 and the release of his first volume of Beethoven’s Sonatas on First Hand Records.

Adam has been regularly on the concert stage since the age of 16, when he won first prize at the 2nd China Shanghai International Piano Competition. He has also received the Gilmore Young Artist Award and the Max I. Allen Classical Fellowship Award from the American Pianists Association, and was presented by Sir András Schiff in recitals at the Klavier-Festival Ruhr in Germany, Tonhalle Zürich, and in Berlin and New York. Adam studied with the late José Feghali, and spent four years at the Peabody Conservatory studying with Leon Fleisher. He also served as Artist-in-Residence at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he taught piano, chamber music, and conducted the Holy Cross Chamber Orchestra.held

The concerts are held in conjunction with the show Resonance by Laura Viada. Viada’s first solo exhibition at Archway Gallery explores the theme of “resonance,' as both a physical phenomenon and as an emotional, transcendent
component of human creativity. Laura is an artist who works in the medium of fiber, primarily as a handweaver. Using linen, silk, cotton, and metallic threads as her “paints” she creates visually complex artworks using the simple elements of basic geometric form and the interaction of color.

Recital Schedule (Subject to Change – Check Website for Updates):


December 17, 8:00 p.m.

Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, op. 2 #1

Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, op. 90

Sonata No. 21 in C Major, op. 53 'Waldstein'


December 18, 8:00 p.m.

Sonata No. 7 in D Major, op. 10 #3

Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp Major, op. 78

Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, op. 31 #3 'The Hunt'


December 19, 8:00 p.m.

Sonata No. 3 in C Major, op. 2 #3

Sonata No. 20 in G Major, op. 49 #2

Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, op. 31 #2 'Tempest'


December 20, 8:00 p.m.

Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, op. 10 #1

Sonata No. 15 in D Major, op. 28 'Pastoral'

Sonata No. 28 in A Major, op. 101


December 21, 8:00 p.m.

Sonata No. 6 in F Major, op. 10 #2

Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, op. 13 'Pathétique'

Sonata No. 11 in B-Flat Major, op. 22


December 22, 8:00 p.m.

Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, op. 49 #1

Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, op. 7

Sonata 'Quasi Una Fantasia' No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, op. 27 #2 'Moonlight'


December 23, 8:00 p.m.

Sonata No. 16 in G Major, op. 31 #1

Sonata No. 22 in F Major, op. 54

Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, op. 57 'Appassionata'


December 27, 8:00 p.m

Sonata No. 9 in E Major, op. 14 #1

Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, op. 106 'Hammerklavier'


December 28, 8:00 p.m.

Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, op. 26

Sonata No. 25 in G Major, op. 79 'Tedesca'

Sonata No. 30 in E Major, op. 109


December 29, 8:00 p.m.

Sonata 'quasi una Fantasia' No. 13 in E-flat Major, op. 27 #1

Sonata No. 2 in A Major, op. 2 #2

Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, op. 110


December 30, 8:00 p.m.

Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, op. 81a 'Les Adieux'

Sonata No. 10 in G Major, op. 14 #2

Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, op. 111



COVID-19 Note: Archway Gallery will limit the size of audiences and take all precautions prescribed by the CDC and local public health officials. Masks will be required for all attendees. Check the gallery’s website, www.archwaygallery.com, for information on concert reservations.