Rather confusingly, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, written during 1796 and 1797 isn't actually the first one he composed. The Piano Concerto No. 2 may have been published in 1801, but it was ...

When one begins listening to classical music, one of the most logical composers to start with would have to be Ludwig van Beethoven. Even the most novice listener knows Beethoven's most famous four ...

A piano concerto Beethoven was working on when he was 18 years old premiered Feb. 1 in Rotterdam. Reconstructed by Dutch musicologist Cees Nieuwenhuizen, the work was found in 2004 among a group of ...

Not just any old scale – a huge, fortissimo scale in octaves. And Alice Sara Ott makes it look (and sound) SO awesome. German-Japanese piano virtuoso Alice Sara Ott is known for saying “music was the ...

Beethoven completed five piano concertos in under 20 years, earning considerable amounts of money by performing them himself in concert. Celebrated Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has performed the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — There’s never been a better time to buy a couple of extra tickets to The Cleveland Orchestra. Not one but four stellar soloists took the stage at Severance Music Center on Wednesday, ...

When Yi-Chen Feng performs Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Dallas Chamber Symphony on Feb. 17, he will be revisiting a piece he learned to play when he was young. How young? He was 7 years ...