He’s the towering musical genius who didn’t let his deafness prevent him from becoming one of the world’s greatest composers. Ludwig van Beethoven may have been born 250 years ago, but his story of ...

Beethoven lived in a time of revolution. The American Revolution began just after he was born and the French Revolution ignited when he was a coming-of-age 18-year-old. Colors are something we see and ...

As another classical music season gets underway, we — players, listeners and promoters — should consider the treasure of deep immersion into music. By Jonathan Biss Gustavo Dudamel, soon to start at ...

Agnieszka Holland’s “Copying Beethoven”–a bio-drama on the great composer and musical hero Ludwig van Beethoven–is a movie with some flaws but also with moments of beauty and intensity most other ...

A genetic study conducted on locks of Ludwig van Beethoven's hair revealed more details about the composer's death at a relatively young age in March 1827. The University of Cambridge biological ...

Opera in outer space? Classic FM's resident Beethoven expert John Suchet reviews Opéra de Lyon's most unusual production of Fidelio. When you consider the struggle Beethoven had writing his only opera ...

When Ludwig van Beethoven's magisterial 9th Symphony premiered in 1824, the composer had to be turned around to see the audience cheering -- he could not hear the audience's rapturous applause.