Ignaz Moscheles = Etudes caractéristiques

Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870) was a composer and brilliant pianist who was also a good friend of Beethoven . Although he had traveled throughout Europe , performing and conducting , Moscheles settled in London around 1825 . Involved with the London Philharmonic Society , he was instrumental in commissioning work for Beethoven in his later years ........Etsuko Hirose is a Japanese Classical Pianist who now resides in Paris .