In early 1824, 30 members of Vienna’s music community sent a letter to Ludwig van Beethoven petitioning the great composer to reconsider his plans to premiere his latest work in Berlin and ...

With all the turmoil in the world, this play is a reminder to ask, ‘What will you do to make this moment worth living?'" ...

Works by two master musicians will be celebrated at Boston College this month with Music Department concerts in tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven. Portrait of Johann Sebastian ...

Fired by ambitions to turn his gifted son into a second Mozart, Johann van Beethoven would keep him slaving at the piano all night, raining blows on him when he made a mistake. Young Ludwig was an ...

Conductor Laurence Equilbey and her Insula Orchestra will perform Beethoven Wars: A Battle for Peace at the Hong Kong Arts Festival in March.

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He wrote nine symphonies. A symphony is a long piece for orchestra usually split into four sections known as movements. His Symphony No. 5 ...