Ludwig van Beethoven performed Symphony No. 5, perhaps the world's most famous musical composition, for the first time in public in Vienna on this day in history, Dec. 22, 1808. Among other incredible ...

For this weekend’s concerts by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, music director Stéphane Denève chose Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 and Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto with, for vivid contrast, Carlos ...

BUDAPEST, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Zsuzsanna Foldi has been deaf all her life. Still, with her hands placed on the double bass, sitting among musicians in Budapest's Danubia orchestra, she can enjoy and ...

This year marks the 250th birthday of one of the most revered composers who ever lived: Ludwig van Beethoven, who was born in Bonn, Germany, in 1770. Beethoven wrote hundreds of piano sonatas, ...

A new book, a new recording and some old instruments, all addressing the most memorable phrase in music: the opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Matthew Guerrieri has written a book about this ...

The community is invited to experience a performance of Beethoven 9: An Ode To Joy, Hope & Community, the opening weekend of The Santa Barbara Symphony‘s 2023/24 Season. Nir Kabaretti, music and ...

The Handel and Haydn Society celebrates the glory of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony on January 7 and 9, 2022 at Symphony Hall in Boston. Led by Czech conductor Václav Luks in his H+H debut, the ...

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Conductor John Eliot Gardiner and author Matthew Guerrieri explain the incredible resonances, past and present, behind one of the most famous... A new book, a new recording and some old instruments, ...