Two centuries after Ludwig van Beethoven’s death, a few strands of his hair have given scientists their clearest view yet of ...

Classical music organizations around the world began a major anniversary celebration this fall for Ludwig van Beethoven, born almost 250 years ago in December 1770. The Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, the ...

From young prodigy to troubled genius – a new German film explores the turbulent life of Ludwig van Beethoven in this, his 250th anniversary year. “Soon the world will know his name...” A new biopic ...

We asked musicians, writers and others to tell us what moves them. A pillar of chamber music for nearly a half-century, the Emerson players bid farewell with Beethoven’s Opus 130 and Schubert’s String ...

Locks of hair from German composer Ludwig van Beethoven have yielded new clues about his health issues and ancestry, DNA analysis shows. Beethoven, who died in March 26, 1827, at the age of 56, was ...

The renowned German composer and pianist Ludwig van Beethoven has long been the subject of theories that he had African heritage. The rumor has become a popular joke on Twitter, leading many academics ...

Camper Van Beethoven celebrated the 30th anniversary of its first gig at the Troubadour by playing old and new music and did so with the pride and confidence of master artisans surveying their life’s ...

Blue jeans? Check. "Beethoven & Blue Jeans" T-shirts in the three colors of the Mexican flag? Check. Pianist Orion Weiss' ...