Beethoven is lionized as a composer and artist ... he intended to convey to the audiences of his era. The first nine violin sonatas were written in five years but represented an incredible ...

World-renowned violinist Leonidas Kavakos interprets Shostakovich’s Concerto, whose sonorities range from quiet contemplation to the ...

This faint line under the ‘0’ parallels the tail of the ‘9’ to its left ... but a very poor modern one. To play either a Beethoven concerto or a violin sonata with such a piano, restored carefully to ...

To mark the 150th anniversary of the maverick American composer’s birth, pianist Jeremy Denk releases an Ives tribute album that educates, delights and confounds.

Rather than easing into the season with a conventional program of quartets by Haydn, Mozart and, say, Brahms, the group chose ...

2 No. 1 and the vivacious tarantella of the E flat major Sonata, Op. 31 No. 3 – Presto, con fuoco, indeed. A habit of the occasional missed note didn't surface in the "Hammerklavier". Although ...

The violinist Maria Dueñas has something to say, and the skill to say it brilliantly. She makes her solo recital debut at Carnegie Hall this month.

Beethoven was born in 1770 in Bonn, Germany. He was born into a musical family, learnt the piano and violin, and was performing publicly at the age of just 8. Beethoven was a brilliant keyboard ...

Forest Hills folks can enjoy a little late afternoon music this weekend.As the fall season’s early sunsets begin, members of the Con Brio Ensemble will perform a twilight concert consisting ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login Beethoven's friends were not shy about asking him what his music meant, or what inspired him, and it is clear that he attached the greatest ...

Beethoven was born in 1770 in Bonn, Germany. He was born into a musical family, learnt the piano and violin, and was performing publicly at the age of just 8. Beethoven was a brilliant keyboard ...