On March 27, 1827, the day after Ludwig van Beethoven's death, his associates uncovered a hidden trove of documents in his desk. Among them was the Heiligenstadt Testament, a letter written in ...

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 ...

Head to Vienna, where German-born Ludwig van Beethoven wrote music, and you can visit where he studied alongside Joseph Haydn ...

Instead, he’s one of us. Which is why, even at 250, we need Ludwig van Beethoven. Every time we hear his music this year, we should feel the knife-edge of Beethoven’s urgent questioning and ...

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 ...