With typical assertiveness, Beethoven once asked, “With whom need I be afraid of measuring my strength?” You might, indeed, measure the strength of his genius with a number of other great composers.

A wonderful box set of all 32 of Beethoven’s Complete Piano Sonatas, performed by the veteran Italian virtuoso, Maurizio Pollini, has been issued on Deutsche Grammophon/ Universal Classics. His ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Beethoven at 250 A coming novel tells the story of the piano student who was the dedicatee of one of classical music’s most famous works. By Patricia ...

Seventy-eight years before Thomas Edison gave the world the light bulb, Ludwig van Beethoven composed “Moonlight Sonata,” one of the most popular compositions in classical music. I read somewhere that ...

Under the baton of guest conductor Hugh Wolff and with guest pianist André Watts, the Utah Symphony will perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5. Commonly called "Emperor," this composition is ...

Tickets priced $34-145 are available at nyphil.org, the David Geffen Hall Box Office, or by calling 212-875-5656. The January 14 performance will be broadcast on ...

NORTHAMPTON — In the second orchestral concert of its 81st season, the Pioneer Valley Symphony, led by Music Director Tianhui Ng, featured pianist Jiayan Sun, the Iva Dee Hiatt Visiting Artist in ...