Beethoven Musical Confronts Fate in Seoul Revival Lyricist Michael Kunze praises Korean actors vocal excellence in acclaimed ...

Musical Days Productions, Mari Kodama and Kent Nagano announced "A Portrait of BEETHOVEN: 32 Sonatas for Piano," a four-concert festival featuring world class performers in a celebration of the ...

It is the artistic human-interest story to end them all. The most famous "Classical" composer spent the better part of his late composing period almost completely deaf, in the process completing a ...

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 ...

Could it be that when Ludwig van Beethoven composed some of the greatest masterpieces of all time that he was quite literally following his heart? Could it be that when Ludwig van Beethoven composed ...

A team of researchers tested Beethoven’s DNA for beat synchronization ability, a trait related to musicality. While Beethoven’s polygenic score was unremarkable compared to the general population, the ...

After tomorrow, Pope Benedict XVI will experience that bittersweet relief felt by millions of less lofty workers worldwide — retirement. And leaving the top spot in the Catholic Church, at least in ...

Agnieszka Holland’s “Copying Beethoven”–a bio-drama on the great composer and musical hero Ludwig van Beethoven–is a movie with some flaws but also with moments of beauty and intensity most other ...