Bridging the gap between scholarship and performance, Kinderman gives recitals and holds residencies internationally and at many universities. Recent appearances include: Queen’s University, Canada; the University of Alabama; Loyola University; the University of Michigan; Wake Forest University; the Hebrew University in Jerusalem; the Lobkowitz Palace in Vienna; the Musik Akademie Basel; the Beethoven-Haus Bonn; and the Musikverein in Vienna.

In December 2020, Mark Swed, writing in the Los Angeles Times, wrote that “For the inquisitive Beethovenian, UCLA Beethoven scholar William Kinderman’s study, “Beethoven: A Political Artist in Revolutionary Times,” shows how the great composer maneuvered in times much like our Trumpian own. Hardly a page goes by without offering an unexpected reason to care about Beethoven.” Swed interviews Beethoven at the Thomas Mann House near Los Angeles:

In conjunction with Moisés Kaufman’s play 33 Variations, a work whose development he actively supported, Kinderman regularly holds lectures on and gives performances of Beethoven’s 33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, the namesake of the play and Beethoven’s largest work for piano. The following public lecture was held at the Chelsea District Library in Michigan during the run of 33 Variations at the Purple Rose Theater in 2013:

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Kinderman’s performance repertoire highlights Beethoven, including the piano concertos and chamber works as well as solo programs of pieces such as the Diabelli Variations and the final sonata trilogy.

Barcelona

Kinderman with colleagues in Spain playing Beethoven’s Quintet for Piano and Winds, op. 16, a performance described in La Vanguardia (Barcelona) as an interpretation of “astonishing quality—magisterial in the Andante.”

Bayreuth

Kinderman performing Mozart with Alain Roudier on an Anton Walter fortepiano (1790) in a concert at the Steingräber Palais in Bayreuth.