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Gil Shaham and Pianist Akira Eguchi in their Final Beethoven Recital

Aspen Public Radio | By Chris Mohr
Published August 10, 2026 at 10:01 PM MDT
Giil Shaham and Akira Eguchi taking their bows after a recent Beethoven performance together at Harris Hall.
Giil Shaham and Akira Eguchi taking their bows after a recent Beethoven performance together at Harris Hall.

Gil and Akira met at age 15 here in Aspen and have performed together off and on for 40 years since. Now they are completing their performances of all ten Beethoven Violin/Piano sonatas Tuesday, August 11 at 6:00 pm ast Harris Concert Hall. APR's Chris Mohr caught up with them shortly before their next stage appearance.
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Chris Mohr
Classical music reporter Chris Mohr has loved classical music since he was twelve. “And I owe it all to radio,” Chris explains. “I grew up in a farm town east of Cleveland. One day I turned on the local classical radio station. They were playing Vivaldi, and it was like the gates of heaven opened up to me!" Chris is also a composer, and is working on a 53-note-to-the-octave oratorio, "Melodies of the Shoreless Sea." This is his 11th summer working for Aspen Public Radio.
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