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 ...

Note to Readers: This column is switching gears to review the complete Andras Schiff and Idil Biret Beethoven Sonata cycles. One sonata will be addressed at a time. This will be more orderly than ...

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas – No 7, Op 10 No 3; No 8, ‘Pathétique’, Op 13; No 12, ‘Marche funèbre’, Op 26. Rondo, Op 51 No 1 (Gianluca Cascioli) Michelle Assay Friday, March 8, 2024 He’s the Peter ...

Our series of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas continues today with a concert performance by Enrique Graf at Symphony Space in New York City. Graf plays the Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 26. And Fred ...

Adrian Spence does not pussyfoot around when talking about the relevance of Beethoven. The founder and artistic director of ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by critic’s notebook Our chief classical critic took on the daunting Opus 110 in college, and now relishes risky recordings. By Anthony Tommasini For my ...

Jane Jones has a glimpse into the heart of the contradictory composer. When I skipped practice and decided that I wasn’t made for music, I reckoned without Beethoven. It’s years since my schooldays ...

A rising Irish actress has confounded musical experts after learning to play a complicated Beethoven piano sonata in just 12 weeks. Saoirse Ronan, 17, from Co. Carlow, Ireland, had never played the ...