Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen to the best of the stormy, tender work of the composer who changed music. In the past, we’ve asked some of our favorite artists to choose the ...

'All people become brothers.' Beethoven’s epic final symphony, a vision for music and for humanity. Beethoven, by this time almost entirely deaf, conducted the premiere performance of his Choral ...

Even as he struggled with the onset of deafness, Beethoven took the piano sonata into new realms of expressive power and beauty. Beethoven composed his Moonlight Sonata in 1801, the same year that — A ...

At first glance, you might think Beethoven’s Wig 4 – Dance Along Symphonies CD ($11.99) is for parents who thought their babies would be geniuses if they were exposed to Mozart in utero. It’s actually ...

Last summer, the meme “Beethoven was Black” was trending online, a trope that drew the iconic composer into a 21st century discussion about race and social justice. But there is another curious ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Brahms, Wagner, even Sondheim: All have followed the great master in building their works from small bits of music. By Anthony ...

It was the year of Beethoven. During 2020 the world wanted to celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday with concerts, symposiums, lectures, podcasts, radio specials, etc. At least that’s what had been ...

If not, please allow Richard Perlmutter to explain in song during his performance Saturday with his vocal group Beethoven's Wig. Though there won't be a symphony orchestra at the show, Perlmutter and ...

We are now in the 250th anniversary year of Beethoven’s birth and there will be content created like never before. The internet is already dripping with articles about the grim master of the human ...

It also bows in the top 10 on Top Album Sales with his best sales week yet. By Keith Caulfield Jon Batiste scores his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Classical Albums chart, as his new project, Beethoven ...