Stormy, emotionally charged harmonic shifts. Flowing classical lyricism interrupted by lightning bolt chords. Propulsive rhythmic themes swept along by avalanches of rapid scales and arpeggios.

Late in life, Arthur Rubinstein, one of a series of legendary musicians who influenced Daniel Barenboim, gave a number of programs made up of famous piano concertos. Thursday night at Orchestra Hall, ...

With typical assertiveness, Beethoven once asked, “With whom need I be afraid of measuring my strength?” You might, indeed, measure the strength of his genius with a number of other great composers.

What’s a little less Lang Lang and a little less Haydn in the over-the-top final weeks of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s exceedingly generous centennial season? Gustavo Dudamel had planned a ...

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra announced its bold and expansive 2026–27 season, placing Beethoven at the center of a Classical Series that spans centuries, styles, ...

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra has Yuletide 2026, four film scores and lots of Beethoven on its new season.

Violinist-composer Franz Clement (1780-1842) has been portrayed in the past as something of a charlatan, an empty virtuoso not noted for his musical depth. Clement, as concertmaster of the Theater an ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Today it’s one of the most well-loved violin concertos, but it wasn’t so popular at first... Violinist ...

In his first recording as conductor, Pekka Kuusisto is insightful and in control, and Vilde Frang brings electricity to both concertos There are two violinists at work on this recording, and it ...

Complete cycles of the Beethoven piano concertos have been as regular as rumbling Metra trains at Ravinia at least since the late 1970s. The latest pianist to venture the five concertos here is the ...

Pianist Inon Barnatan returns to New Jersey Symphony stages to perform all five of Beethoven's piano concertos across two programs and four performances in one weekend, March 31-April 3. Music ...

You’re one of the greatest guitarists of all time. You want a song that really shows what you can do. You want a tune that demonstrates why you’re considered a Rock God. You want a song like “Voodoo ...