David Wyn Jones's account of Beethoven the man and composer reveals the life of a creative musician in Bonn and Vienna in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. While paying due regard to ...
This area is rich in culture and known for its traditional Mexican music, which shaped Peso Pluma’s early life. Growing up in Zapopan, Peso Pluma was surrounded by the sounds of corridos and ...
For a musician, nothing could be more ironic. In a letter addressed to his brothers, Beethoven admitted he was "hopelessly afflicted", to the point of contemplating suicide. It wasn't just hearing ...
As the National Symphony’s music director Gianandrea Noseda observed at this early-season concert, both pieces featured that evening—Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73, nicknamed “Emperor” in ...