What better way to get your week started than with a young musician playing the music of Beethoven!
For today’s Daily Joy, 14-year-old Andrew Gu is sharing an energetic performance of Beethoven’s Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. No. 3, Mvmt 1.
Milton, Massachusetts Andrew performed on Show 393 from Boston, Massachusetts.
Andrew Gu (piano), 14, is from Milton, Massachusetts and in the eighth grade at Roxbury Latin School. He studies music with Alexander Korsantia and Hitomi Koyama through New England Conservatory’s Preparatory School. Andrew has won several competitions, including the Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford. One of his proudest moments was performing with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the University of Alicante in Italy. Outside of piano, Andrew’s interests include cars, soccer, coding, and reading.
Music has the unique ability to bring joy to our lives – especially in the hands of young people. Daily Joy is a reminder of music’s power to uplift, inspire, and unite.
Daily Joy is a project of From the Top. It began in the very early days of the Covid-19 pandemic and continues today to offer a much-needed respite from the anxiety and worry that we encounter in the world.
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