Are you looking for a fresh take on Beethoven? Andrew Smith is a Connecticut-based violinist whose new recordings of sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven will help you rediscover these classics. Hear his ...

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 ...

Gustavo Dudamel begins a Beethoven-centric L.A. Phil month finding currency in 'Egmont,' featuring Cate Blanchett and a new text by Jeremy O. Harris ...

Gustavo Dudamel conducts for the first time Beethoven's epic mass 'Missa Solemnis' for the second program in his Los Angeles Philharmonic Beethoven month.

Two hundred and fifty years after Beethoven’s birth, we’re faced with something of a paradox: his music is known and beloved all over the world, probably more than that of any other composer, even as ...

Whether or not music stirs inside, each of us bears a living metronome at our core. It may tick at 40 or 100 beats per minute, in three-quarter time or in six-eight, erratically or like a Swiss clock.

Australian National University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. In a series marking the 250th year of his birth, we analyse the brilliance of Ludwig van Beethoven. When Beethoven ...

What makes Beethoven sound like Beethoven? Researchers have completed a first analysis of Beethoven's writing style, applying statistical techniques to unlock recurring patterns. EPFL researchers are ...

Music and literature, like sister arts, can assist one another in deepening humanity’s understanding of itself.

(RNS) “Music,” Ludwig van Beethoven said, “is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.” Transcending dogma, creed, culture and even language, music has the power to elevate the soul as ...