Beethoven’s music, from the stunning victorious exclamations of the Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” to the bombastic famous four notes opening his landmark Symphony No. 5, speaks for itself. But who speaks ...

That was an exciting Beethoven Fifth Symphony. Leading the Dallas Symphony Orchestra Thursday night, music director Fabio Luisi wisely eschewed the overstuffed monumentality that became the default ...

You don’t have to be a fan of classical music to know that everything’s coming up Beethoven. December 2020 marks the 250th birthday of the behemoth composer, and performance halls across the world are ...

Brahms' last piano compositions are often recorded together (at least three new sets have just hit the market) but hardly ever performed complete in recital. They last only an hour, but it's one that ...

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The 19th annual Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival kicked off Sunday with Tokyo String Quartet in an arresting performance of Beethoven's String Quartet Opus 132. The quartet, in its final season ...

Bringing Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra back to the BBC Proms, last night’s concert offered a programme of Beethoven’s "Symphony No. 7 in A major" alongside Bartok’s dark one-act ...

Ludwig van Beethoven, despite profound deafness, continued to compose masterpieces like the Ninth Symphony. He developed an ...

Manitowoc Symphony marks its 75th anniversary with a nine-year Beethoven cycle starting April 11, plus Bruch and PetSkull beer launch.