Even as he struggled with the onset of deafness, Beethoven took the piano sonata into new realms of expressive power and beauty. Beethoven composed his Moonlight Sonata in 1801, the same year that — A ...

A portrait of Beethoven by Joseph Willibrord Mähler, a friend of the composer, painted during 1804-1805. Composer Ludwig van Beethoven was born in 1770, and so it's little surprise that 250 years ...

The joy of Beethoven and the power of music were on display in Tokyo, as three soloists with disabilities performed on a customised AI piano. An extraordinary self-playing piano is using artificial ...

NEW YORK — When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds — participating in local, classical piano competitions by day, then “gigging in night ...

The first all-Australian piano concerto cycle in more than 20 years is an exciting and poignant contribution to the 2020 Beethoven celebrations. Beethoven's five piano concertos were written over a ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by critic’s notebook Our chief classical critic took on the daunting Opus 110 in college, and now relishes risky recordings. By Anthony Tommasini For my ...

Linton Stephens brings you an afternoon of exclusive music-making including a live concert from London's Wigmore Hall.

A happy birthday to Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the biggest giants of classical music, born Dec. 16, 1770. (He died March 26, 1827. An old joke: a fan opens Beethoven's grave in Vienna and sees him .

What does a piano sound like if all the notes are tuned to one pitch? This is an exceptionally strange (but also rather awesome) version of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. For an ad campaign a few years ...

As it turned out, the piano had a full keyboard and pedals. Gorini immediately sat down and began playing, getting a feel for ...