Víkingur Ólafsson, who played to a near-full-house at his Thursday recital at the Kimmel Center, is a rather unlikely sensation. The studious, bookish 42-year-old Icelandic pianist has arrived at the ...

Manitowoc Symphony marks its 75th anniversary with a nine-year Beethoven cycle starting April 11, plus Bruch and PetSkull ...

Jay Nordlinger on a concert of the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.

Acclaimed violinist Eunice Kim will join the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra on March 21 for its tribute to beloved composer ...

Ludwig van Beethoven performed Symphony No. 5, perhaps the world's most famous musical composition, for the first time in public in Vienna on this day in history, Dec. 22, 1808. Among other incredible ...

A genetic study conducted on locks of Ludwig van Beethoven's hair revealed more details about the composer's death at a relatively young age in March 1827. The University of Cambridge biological ...

Japanese-English classical pianist Mitsuko Uchida, conductor Andris Nelsons, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra offered the audience an evening of striking contrasts on April 19, weaving together ...

Conductor Elim Chan kept The Cleveland Orchestra alternating between "light and attentive" and "clarity with relentless ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 200 years after Ludwig van Beethoven’s death, researchers pulled DNA from strands of his hair, searching for clues about the health problems and hearing loss that plagued him.

Researchers published a paper this week revealing findings from new DNA testing on hair from Ludwig van Beethoven. The tests revealed a genetic risk for liver disease, as well as hepatitis B late in ...

Continuando con su ciclo de conciertos “Las nueve sinfonías de Beethoven”, la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional Juvenil ...