Artis—Naples (Ubben Signature Event Space)

Grand Piano Series Narrative Musicales Beethoven and Joplin Konstantin Soukhovetski, piano Joplin — Maple Leaf Rag Joplin — The Cascades Clarence “Pine Top” Smith — Boogie Woogie Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111 Expect the unexpected. In this Narrative Musicale, Konstantin Soukhovetski traces Beethoven’s surprising influence on the American musical imagination — from Scott Joplin’s ragtime to the birth of boogie-woogie. How does a rhythm, a gesture or a harmonic cadence travel across the Atlantic…