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 ...

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 ...

On March 27, 1827, the day after Ludwig van Beethoven's death, his associates uncovered a hidden trove of documents in his desk. Among them was the Heiligenstadt Testament, a letter written in 1802 to ...

When the star singer Asmik Grigorian dropped out of the orchestra’s performance at Carnegie Hall, Beethoven’s Fifth and his ...

Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker bandleader David Lowery has announced a solo album, Fathers, Sons and Brothers, which will be out May 30 via Cooking Vinyl. He describes it as a musical ...

The series is called "Ludwig" for a reason, which it reveals in time. And that connection allows for plenty of music from the Beethoven canon, which is heard often and winningly. From start to ...

Sideral has officially acquired the distribution rights for Eloy Calvo’s buzzy Spanish mixed-media feature “The Van” (“La Furgo”). The film will premiere at the BCN Film Festival on ...

I thought of this last night when the Met revived Fidelio, Beethoven’s opera, in the Jürgen Flimm production of 2000. Singing alongside one another were René Pape, Lise Davidsen, and Ying Fang. Pape ...

A difference with a distinction at Tom Ford. Plus the new Dries Van Noten lacked restraint. By Vanessa Friedman Reporting from Paris Attention all martini-swilling lounge lizards with a soulful ...

During the evening, the actress planted a kiss on Adrien Brody on the red carpet, to jokingly get 'payback' for a famous moment from the 2003 Oscars Lionel Hahn/Getty; Presley Ann/Getty Van Hunt ...