Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the most acclaimed pianists and classical composers of all time. Nearly two centuries after his death in 1827, Beethoven's legacy transcends time and space. His music is ...

From young prodigy to troubled genius – a new German film explores the turbulent life of Ludwig van Beethoven in this, his 250th anniversary year. “Soon the world will know his name...” A new biopic ...

Ludwig van Beethoven is not an artist you "discover." Like Shakespeare, da Vinci and the Beatles, his legacy hangs in the air unavoidably. Since his death in 1827, Beethoven has become as much a pop ...

Ludwig van Beethoven is just as famous for his music — and his hair — in death as he was in life. Beethoven died 196 years ago, almost to the day, at the age of 56 A team of scientists sequenced his ...

Late last year, to get the #Beethoven250 celebrations started, Deutsche Grammophon released Ludwig van Beethoven: the new Complete Edition, comprising 118 CDs, 3 Blu-ray audio discs and 2 DVDs, as ...

Stephen Johnson explores Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4.

Google is celebrating the 245th anniversary of legendary German composer Ludwig van Beethoven with one of its famous animated doodles. The musician and composer was born on this day in 1770 in Bonn - ...

He’s the towering musical genius who didn’t let his deafness prevent him from becoming one of the world’s greatest composers. Ludwig van Beethoven may have been born 250 years ago, but his story of ...

The search engine giant Google had a musical surprise in store for its users on December 17. To mark the 245th birth anniversary of deaf German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, Google came up with one ...

Written in July 1823, just four years before his death, and addressed to Franz Stockhausen, a fellow composer, most of the six-paged letter is consumed by Beethoven asking his friend to help him find ...