DNA from strands of Beethoven’s hair is helping to uncover what may have caused his death, researchers say. The composer was plagued with health issues for most of his life. On March 26, 1827, he ...

Today, Beethoven’s Eroica is a cornerstone of the classical repertoire. But imagine hearing it when it was new. It was longer, bolder and more emotionally intense than the symphonies audiences ...

The Chiaroscuro Quartet continues its journey through Beethoven's string quartets with a new SACD featuring three works that ...

Ludwig van Beethoven expressed a powerful belief in the importance of individual merit, valuing talent and hard work over ...

The GRAMMY Award-winning Philadelphia Orchestra and Music and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin will present Beethoven's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ludwig Van Beethoven certainly had his fair share of tough days, serving as the primary bread winner for his family starting at ...

Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the greatest composers of all time, but he was plagued throughout his life by myriad health problems, most notably going mostly deaf by 1818. These issues certainly ...

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 ...

This season, Switzerland’s premier public-facing concert series juxtaposes several notable Beethoven performances with a variety of other music from around the world.

The motto of this year's festival in Bonn is "Home/At Home," featuring musicians from diverse cultures presenting pieces from ...

A new book, a new recording and some old instruments, all addressing the most memorable phrase in music: the opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Matthew Guerrieri has written a book about this ...