Sara Dosa

After 2021’s critically acclaimed Echoes of Life, pianist Alice Sara Ott has now recorded a selection of works by Beethoven for her latest album. At the heart of Beethoven is Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15, in which she is joined by the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and its Chief Conductor Karina Canellakis. Ott and Canellakis were in fact approached by Apple Music to record this particular concerto, with the result that they and the orchestra became the stars of the Apple Music Classical app launch video earlier this year. The pianist then selected a series of solo works to complement the concerto performance, including “Für Elise” and the “Moonlight” Sonata. Beethoven is released digitally on 28 July – together with a “Für Elise” video – and physically on 29 September.

A violonist, she won a first prize with distinction at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Lyon in 2003, with R.Dugareil, then A.Roussin as masters. She later attended advanced violin classes at the Rotterdams Conservatorium under the guidance of J.J. Kantorow, then a series of chamber music classes at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris with E.Bellocq, J.J. Kantorow and R.Dyedns.

As if singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles wasn’t busy enough co-creating her first-ever TV series, Little Voice, exclusive to Apple TV+, she also found time to create the soundtrack. Here, she performs 10 original songs that she composed for the inspiring, semi-autobiographical story, which follows an up-and-coming young singer named Bess as she tries to make a name for herself in New York. (The show is titled after Bareilles’ 2007 sophomore album, which contained “Love Song,” the breakthrough hit that put her on the map.) Years and several Grammys later—along with a litany of Broadway credits for writing, scoring, and performing on shows like Waitress and NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar—Bareilles sounds triumphant recounting the meandering path of her adolescence. And songs like “I Don’t Know Anything” and “Dear Hope” make it clear that an unwavering determination and optimism have guided her all the way.