Winner of the 2017 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, an award which is given to artists for a life devoted to the service of music, the Grammy Award-winning French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard makes his La Jolla Music Society debut at San Diego’s inspiring Balboa Theatre. Described by The Washington Post as “a thinker at the piano and a champion of contemporary music,” Mr. Aimard’s performance features Beethoven’s powerful and colossal Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106, the “Hammerklavier.” This will be a powerful and passionate performance.