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32 Bright Clouds: Beethoven Conversations Around the World is a global music-commissioning, performing and recording project. Curated and performed by pianist Yaël Weiss, this groundbreaking project commissions new works from 32 countries of conflict and secluded areas spanning the globe, all united through musical themes from Beethoven. 32 Bright Clouds aims to harness music’s great power for unity and peace. 

All new compositions from around the world are unified by a single “Peace” motif from Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, creating a cohesive cycle of works. The motif was selected because of Beethoven’s compelling inscription "A Call for Inward and Outward Peace" above the notes. Beethoven's dedication expresses the overall essence, purpose, and character of 32 Bright Clouds.  More

 
 
 

In the news

May 19, 2025: A Sound that Prays for Peace: Weiss and Others give Passionate Performances

May 17, 2025: Symbol of Human Unity Hiroshima "Musica" Piano Concert to Pray for Peace

May 13, 2025, Mainichi Shinbun, Tokyo: Granddaughter of Holocaust Survivors Performs Recitals in Tokyo, Kyoto and Hiroshima

October 7, 2022: Nobel Prize Pieces

December 21, 2020: Pianist Yael Weiss hosts a global celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday

December 15, 2020: 12-hour marathon to mark Beethoven’s birthday and seek world peace

October 17, 2020: Yael Weiss on NPR’s All Things Considered, speaking about the 32 Bright Clouds project

October 13, 2020: Yael Weiss visits “Between the Keys” to speak about the 32 Bright Clouds project

October 3, 2020: A Tempo: Pianist's Beethoven Tribute Features Commissions Bridging Conflict, Hope and Peace

September 29, 2020: 32 Bright Clouds: Insider Interview with Pianist Yael Weiss

Southwestern University Fine Arts, September 2019: Yael Weiss’s “32 Bright Clouds” Finds New Harmony in Beethoven

NYFA Current, June 2019: Conversations | Yael Weiss’s Global Commissioning Project, “32 Bright Clouds”

Yahoo News AFP, January 2019: Composers Draw Out Peace from Beethoven in New Works

DC Metro Theater Arts, January 2019: Yael Weiss Premieres “32 Bright Clouds: Beethoven Conversations Around the World” at Strathmore

Washington Jewish Week, January 2019: Beethoven Sonatas Inspire 21st-Century Composers

Voice of America, January 2019: Concert Asks Composers to Create Works About War and Intolerance

 
 
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"A Call for Inward and Outward Peace"

- Ludwig Van Beethoven

CONCERTS

UPCOMING 32 BRIGHT CLOUDS EVENTS:

November 7, 2025: Concert at the Ukrainian Institute, New York, New York.

December 14, 2025: 32 Bright Clouds and Beethoven’s Piano Concert No. 3 Fort Lee, New Jersey.

February 6, 2026: 32 Bright Clouds Presentation for Southeastern University, Lakeland, Florida.

February 7, 2026: 32 bright Clouds Recital, Lakeland, Florida.


RECENT PERFORMANCES:

May 18, 2025: Concert in Hiroshima, Japan

May 17, 2025: Concert in Fukuchiyama, Japan

May 16, 2025: Concert in Fukuchiyama, Japan

May 14, 2025 Recital in Gotanda Cultural Center, Tokyo, Japan

May 11, 2025: Recital in Yokohama, Japan

May 6, 2025: Recital in Niigata, Japan

April 27, 2025: Hudson View Gardens concert series, New York, NY

PREVIOUS 32 BRIGHT CLOUDS PERFORMANCES: More

 
 
 
 
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“Yael Weiss showed herself to be a pianist who delves deeply and tellingly into that cloudy area where fantasy morphs into improvisation, inventiveness being common to both.”
— The Washington Post

“remarkably powerful and intense… fine technique and musicianship in the service of an arresting array of music”
— The New York Times

About Yael Weiss

 
 
 

Wednesday, December 16th
A 12-Hour Live Marathon Event

 
 

Join this festive live celebration of Beethoven’s 250th Anniversary,
including performances, conversations and 13 guest composers from around the world!

Full Program Details


 
 
 
 
 


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