Some of the most recognizable music in the world was written by composers centuries ago, yet the legacy of their music lives ...

One stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven passed away after a protracted illness.

The genre-spanning musician discusses his new genre-scrambling album, and his optimism in the face of President Trump's ...

A study published in 2023 highlights significant discoveries that were only made possible through DNA analysis of Beethoven’s hair.

Beethoven’s renown in his own day was not just as a composer but also as an improvising pianist. He wrote in a letter in July ...

Donald Macleod and Dr Erica Buurman explore Beethoven through objects from his home life. This gallery is from Composer of the Week — Beethoven Unleashed: At Home ...

A relaxed understanding born of a long career helped pianist Garrick Ohlsson bring easy grace and Proto-Romantic sensibility ...

Fellow-Italian, violinist Francesca Dego, joins him and the DSO for Beethoven’s Violin Concerto ... with drums and trumpets lending a stately feel, set a crown upon the composer’s symphonic output.

17.2 x 11.7 cm. (6.8 x 4.6 in.) ...

The Cleveland Orchestra has announced that Music Director Franz Welser-Möst will be unable to conduct the upcoming three ...

The original poem, written in 1785 by German Friedrich Schiller, was immortalized in 1824 when Ludwig van Beethoven used an ...