Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Dynasty Battles, piano

• Dynasty Battles, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Ludwig van Beethoven — "II. Adagio" from Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2 "Tempest"
Ludwig van Beethoven — "II. Allegro molto e vivace" from Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major, Op. 27, No. 1 "Quasi una fantasia"
Paul Hindemith — Ludus Tonalis
George Walker — Piano Sonata No. 1

Philadelphia native Dynasty Battles once performed George Walker’s Piano Sonata No. 1 in a private engagement at the composer’s home. In his PCMS recital debut, this visionary young pianist celebrates the centenary of the first Black composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music, performing Walker’s groundbreaking sonata alongside works by Beethoven and Hindemith.

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About Dynasty Battles, piano

Philadelphia native Dynasty Battles is proving to be a visionary pianist with a repertoire spanning from Baroque to new music and a unique approach to concert performances. Recognized by AL DÍA magazine as a "40 Under Forty" honoree in 2020, he has been featured with soprano Marietta Simpson in the Philadelphia Inquirer, and on music critic David Patrick Stearns' radio program "Creatively Speaking" on Philadelphia’s WRTI (90.1 FM).

Career highlights include an invitation to perform George Walker’s Piano Sonata No. 1 in a private engagement at the distinguished composer's home. In a project profiled by The New York Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer, he also performed in Bowerbird Philly’s ongoing series highlighting the works of Julius Eastman.

Dynasty Battles studies with internationally acclaimed pianist Leon Bates, a protege of the legendary Natalie Hinderas. He also studied counterpoint and harmony and analysis with Jonathan Coopersmith, Chair of Musical Studies at the Curtis Institute of Music. Battles began his studies at Settlement Music School and received a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, cum laude from Temple University, under the instruction of Harvey Wedeen as a recipient of the Esther Boyer College Scholarship.

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