Acknowledging the audience’s long and loud applause, Trifonov consented to three encores, a pianissimo meditation and two sparkling trifles lasting barely a minute each. Although he kindly bowed to ...

When composer and conductor Steve Hackman stepped on stage at Chicago’s Harris theatre, he might as well have been walking ...

A fire destroyed a southern Arizona workshop containing about 80 antique pianos, including one reportedly played by Beethoven. The piano restorer, Jens Witter, had collected the instruments over ...

The discovery of a love letter revealed the depths of Beethoven’s yearning for his "immortal beloved." Scholars have been piecing together clues to her identity ever since. Ludwig van Beethoven wasn’t ...

When Jeremy Denk plays, and speaks, people listen. That Denk think-and-play tank was in effect for a special three-night stint at Hahn Hall last week, to full and deep-listening audiences. What ...

The Missouri Symphony will celebrate its 55th season with Beethoven, opera and by getting a little "Wicked." After completing its annual Firefly Music Festival this summer, the Columbia-based ...

LONDON — Alfred Brendel, a pianist and poet renowned for his refined playing of Beethoven over a six-decade career, died Tuesday at his home in London. He was 94. Brendel’s death was announced by the ...

Almost two centuries after Beethoven's death, scientists say they've finally cracked the case of what the famously cranky composer really looked like. Credit: Cicero Moraes/Pen News Turns out ...

Composer Steve Hackman incorporated 15 Beyoncé hits into Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. His goal is to introduce new audiences to classical music and offer a fresh perspective for seasoned symphonygoers.

Japanese-English classical pianist Mitsuko Uchida, conductor Andris Nelsons, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra offered the audience an evening of striking contrasts on April 19, weaving together ...

The timing was unfortunate for Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday celebration. Commemorations of the fêted composer came in 2020 (scholars’ best guess at his birthday is 1770), just as the world ...

'Batiste takes a phrase of Beethoven, and answers and contrasts it with a minor, bluesy jazz phrase of his own' Into this fray steps an American musical celebrity, New Orleans-born Jon Batiste, 38 ...