Ludwig Van Beethoven's piano music is some of the most popular, and constantly played by performers everywhere. But if you're a first-time listener, where do you start? Like much of Beethoven's work, ...

An often-overlooked piano work of Ludwig van Beethoven has a starring role in a new play in Washington, D.C. Characters in 33 Variations include Beethoven himself, and a 21st century musicologist ...

Now that he has moved to London, as a more than worthy pendant, the BPO has released a compelling set of the Beethoven piano concertos from 2010 with Mitsuko Uchida, a cycle that possesses all the ...

Ludwig Van Beethoven ... are no reports of Beethoven setting fire to his piano or sliding across the stage on his knees, he definitely dazzled audiences with his piano playing during his lifetime.

Beethoven was born in 1770 in Bonn, Germany. He was born into a musical family, learnt the piano and violin, and was performing publicly at the age of just 8. Beethoven was a brilliant keyboard ...

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 ...

FARGO — In promoting this weekend’s concerts, the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra referred to Johannes Brahms and Ludwig van Beethoven ... crowd playing air baton. As heavy as Beethoven ...