Gustavo Dudamel, Blanchett and Harris sit down to discuss their new version of Beethoven’s classic, premiering in Los Angeles ...
The LA Phil series features Cate Blanchett in a reimagined Egmont by playwright Jeremy O. Harris and marks Dudamel’s first performance of the epic Missa Solemnis.
Vonsattel takes centerstage to perform Beethoven’s celebrated Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 “Pathetique,” and the ...
Despite his status as one of history's great composers, Beethoven is also remembered for his surly disposition and unkempt appearance. 'He was indeed irritable, untidy, clumsy, rude, and misanthropic, ...
After wowing us all at the beginning of the 2023 Summer Festival, the dynamic Lithuanian pianist Ieva Jokbaviit returns to ...
Ludwig van Beethoven is just as famous for his music — and his hair — in death as he was in life. Beethoven died 196 years ago, almost to the day, at the age of 56 A team of scientists sequenced his ...
New research published in the journal Current Biology uses DNA sequencing to uncover that the great composer did not die from lead poisoning after all... In 1802, at the age of just 32, Ludwig van ...
Between the two outstanding performances of Puccini’s 'Tosca' at the weekend, the Royal Opera House of Musical Arts presented ...
One of Beethoven’s most famous piano sonatas features in Billy Joel’s 80s hit, ‘This Night’. It’s no revelation that Billy Joel is a pop genius on the piano – but it turns out he’s equally in-the-know ...
It seems fitting that Beethoven composed his First Symphony at the dawn of a new century, 1799-1800, for even contemporaries realized that his symphonies changed the conception of the genre. Beethoven ...