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 ...

In the autumn of 1957, Walter Legge staged a Beethoven festival in honour of Otto Klemperer at the Royal Festival Hall. All nine symphonies were performed and the five piano concertos with Claudio ...

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.

Almost 200 years after his death, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) remains perhaps the most remembered and beloved composer in history. Because none of us were around to hear him play, what is often ...

Getting a head start on the impending Beethoven 2020 festivities, Canada's Jan Lisiecki has today surprised us with Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos, his fifth ...

Beethoven completed five piano concertos in under 20 years, earning considerable amounts of money by performing them himself in concert. Celebrated Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has performed the ...

This past April, the Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra embarked on its survey of Beethoven’s five piano concertos by playing the composer’s Concertos Nos. 2, 3, and 4 with soloist Anne-Marie McDermott.

The Concerto No. 5 was given (not by Beethoven) the sobriquet “Emperor,” which captures the scope and power of its first movement but not the hushed magic of its Adagio or the lurching and headlong ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Under the baton of guest conductor Hugh Wolff and with guest pianist André Watts, ...

After completing this concerto in 1806, the composer struggled to find anyone to perform it. So the work sat on a shelf, gathering dust, until its public premiere on 22 December 1808. Just imagine ...