When Ludwig von Beethoven died in 1827, he was three years removed from the completion of his Ninth Symphony, a work heralded by many as his magnum opus. He had started work on his 10th Symphony but, ...

When Ludwig von Beethoven left us in 1827, he was three years removed from the completion of his Ninth Symphony, a work heralded by many as his magnum opus. He had started work on his 10th Symphony ...

When Chuck Berry first sang “Roll over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news!” in 1956, he was trumpeting the rise of rock ‘n’ roll and, perhaps, forecasting the decline of classical music. Sixty-four ...

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra is preparing for a major musical celebration this fall: a two-weekend Beethoven Festival led by Music Director JoAnn Falletta. The festival opens with Nikki Plays ...

A man walks into an auction house bearing a cedar box holding a very old document. He claims it’s the long-lost final symphony of Ludwig Van Beethoven, and, on close inspection, it appears he may be ...

On Thursday evening, the BSO and music director Andris Nelsons launched the central series of concerts of the Beethoven and Romanticism festival Quick! Picture Beethoven in your mind. I wager you just ...

The Spokane Symphony performed its second concert of season 76 on Saturday night at Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox. Any competent conductor can put together a concert celebrating the music of ...

The Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra will continue its audition process for a new music director at Masterworks Concert 2: Mendelssohn & Beethoven. “I’m excited about everything on this concert,” said ...

Leonid Sigal is marking his 20th anniversary as the concertmaster of Hartford Symphony Orchestra by playing the iconic Beethoven violin concerto for the latest Masterworks series concert at The ...

There’s an exalted air about the Kansas City Symphony’s recently announced 2019-20 season. With spiritually rapturous works like the cosmic “Also Sprach Zarathustra” by Richard Strauss and Anton ...