Beethovens quote of the day highlights his belief that true artistry goes beyond regular practice and technical skill. Drawn ...

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Nestled in the middle of all of it was Yunchan Lim, the mop-haired 21-year-old who made history three years ago as the Van ...

At the Seoul Arts Center, Jaap van Zweden treats Beethoven’s disputed metronome marks less as provocation than instruction, ...

As one of the most sampled works in classical music history, Beethoven’s Fifth symphony has been famously remixed by Walter Murphy, Busta Rhymes and others. Now listeners - musically trained or not - ...

DNA from strands of Beethoven’s hair is helping to uncover what may have caused his death, researchers say. The composer was plagued with health issues for most of his life. On March 26, 1827, he ...

Ludwig van Beethoven is just as famous for his music — and his hair — in death as he was in life. Beethoven died 196 years ago, almost to the day, at the age of 56 A team of scientists sequenced his ...

On a stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven passed away after a protracted illness.

Nearly 200 years after the death of Germany's most famous composer, Ludwig van Beethoven, a recent scientific study has ...

A genetic study conducted on locks of Ludwig van Beethoven's hair revealed more details about the composer's death at a relatively young age in March 1827. The University of Cambridge biological ...

Samples of Beethoven's hair reveal he may have suffered from lead poisoning, which could explain some of the difficult physical maladies the composer suffered in his life. Ludwig van Beethoven was a ...

The all-Beethoven concert features Kate Ransom (violin); Victor Asuncion (piano) and Charae Krueger (cello). The program ...