Kenneth Drake

Bio

Recent activities have included recitals for the Cambridge Early Music Society, the Boston Early Music Festival, and station WGBH in Boston, also a 10-day residence, including a Beethoven Sonata recital, at the Taipei National University of the Arts.  Present activity includes the setting up of a website (entitled “Classic and Romantic Pianos.org) devoted to his period pianos — Broadwood grands from 1806, 1816 (same model as the piano given to Beethoven in 1817), 1829 (used by Mendelssohn in June of that year during his first visit to England) and 1860 and a fortepiano copy after instruments by Anton Walter.  The website will include music played on the respective pianos with commentary regarding interpretation — a kind of monthly performance journal.