There are no major surprises in this live recording, just the simple but sublime sense that the music is being passed from composer, through pianist, on to us ...

This season, Switzerland’s premier public-facing concert series juxtaposes several notable Beethoven performances with a ...

A very special delivery arrived at the Saranac United Methodist Church on Wednesday. The Mason & Hamlin Model CC Concert Grand Piano, Virtuoso X Series 2026, traveled from Haverhill, ...

DNA from strands of Beethoven’s hair is helping to uncover what may have caused his death, researchers say. The composer was plagued with health issues for most of his life. On March 26, 1827, he ...

New research published in the journal Current Biology uses DNA sequencing to uncover that the great composer did not die from lead poisoning after all... In 1802, at the age of just 32, Ludwig van ...

Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the greatest composers of all time, but he was plagued throughout his life by myriad health problems, most notably going mostly deaf by 1818. These issues certainly ...

Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma have announced the fifth album in their acclaimed Beethoven for Three series, out August 28, 2026 on Sony Classical. Pairing Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ludwig Van Beethoven certainly had his fair share of tough days, serving as the primary bread winner for his family starting at ...

One of Beethoven’s most famous piano sonatas features in Billy Joel’s 80s hit, ‘This Night’. It’s no revelation that Billy Joel is a pop genius on the piano – but it turns out he’s equally in-the-know ...

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Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Brahms, Wagner, even Sondheim: All have followed the great master in building their works from small bits of music. By Anthony ...