Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a prodigious composer, credited with 722 works that pushed the boundaries of music and ushered in the Romantic era. Yet, his personal life was marred by ...

Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” is one of ... It was the classical composer’s wish that his health issues would be understood and conveyed to the public. While his doctor’s notes ...

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 ...

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 ...

An annual festival celebrating the music of Ludwig van Beethoven has opened in Warsaw. T he Ludwig van Beethoven Easter ...

On a day in March like today, but in 1827, Ludwig van Beethoven died after a long illness that left him bedridden for several months. A quarter of a century earlier, the musician w ...

Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach, by Elias Gottlob Haussmann, 1746; Ludwig van Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1820. Regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time, Bach’s works will be ...

Energetic young composer Klaus Mäkelä presents an electrifying version of Ludwig van Beethoven's masterpiece Symphony no. 9 for the 200th anniversary of its premiere. Go to search Arte in English in ...

Renowned for his profound interpretations of Baroque music, Maestro Suzuki will lead a New Zealand orchestra for the first ...

One of the world’s most influential composers, Ludwig van Beethoven changed the course of Western music. Despite losing his hearing, he created some of history’s most celebrated works ...