Beethoven’s lifework includes nine majestic symphonies, five piano concertos, numerous chamber music pieces, sonatas, and individual violin and piano pieces. His genius stands out among history’s ...

Discover more about Beethoven. 2. Beethoven: Violin Sonata Op. 47 in A major, ‘Kreutzer’ (1802-3) Tolstoy was deeply stirred by this sonata, and especially by its dark, turbulent first ...

They were in rehearsal with pianist Mitsuko Uchida for a performance of Beethoven’s “Archduke ... of it is as fast as in the (violin) fugues.” As an illustration, Kim remembers playing through fugue ...

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 ...

“Sonata Mulattica” features a collection of poems and a short play about the friendship and fallout between violinist George ...