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In 2013, after he recorded
Beethoven's C minor variations, Andante favori, Für Elise, the 3 Electoral "Kurfürstensonaten" sonatas and the reconstructed "Fantasy Sonata in D", the ABC released all the Willems Beethoven recordings in a 14-CD box-set "The Beethoven-Willems Collection".
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He made debuts in London 1974, Munich 1977 and
Amsterdam 1978. He returned to Sydney in 1981 and has taught as senior lecturer, and later chair of the Keyboard Unit, at the Sydney Conservatorium 1981–2008 and is currently an associate professor at Sydney University.
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Brendan Ward persuaded Willems to record Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas. These recordings (12 CDs) were released by the ABC in 3 volumes in 1998, 1999 and 2000. They won successive
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piano. This series of recordings constitutes the largest classical music recording project ever undertaken in
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Willems has three children. Marcel and Louise with Judy
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Beethoven piano concertos were released in 2003. These featured Sinfonia Australis under the conductor Antony Walker. The
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