Davie, Scott2023-06-092023-06-092201-5639http://hdl.handle.net/1885/293412This article in The Conversation was commissioned to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludvig van Beethoven. In it, I discuss the role of the performer in Beethoven's piano music, providing examples from the composer's catalogue of works. I also provided one of the audio examples for the article (i.e., my own performance).application/pdfen-AU© 2020 The Author(s)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/2020-02-052022-04-03Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0)