It's not often a famous composer helps solve a 200-year-old mystery, but DNA from Beethoven's hair might actually do that.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a prodigious composer, credited with 722 works that pushed the boundaries of music and ushered in the Romantic era. Yet, his personal life was marred by ...

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

St. Bartholomew Catholic Church will celebrate the great composer Ludwig van Beethoven’s 255th anniversary in the latest ...

The timing was unfortunate for Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday celebration. Commemorations of the fêted composer came in 2020 (scholars’ best guess at his birthday is 1770), just as the world ...

Fired by ambitions to turn his gifted son into a second Mozart, Johann van Beethoven would keep him slaving at the piano all night, raining blows on him when he made a mistake. Young Ludwig was an ...

The Northern Neck Orchestra’s (NNO) final concert of the 2024-25 season April 26 at the Lancaster Elementary School Theater, ...

Euro banknotes will undergo an extreme makeover for the first time in over 20 years. They might include Beethoven or Maria Callas or Birds and Rivers ...

With all the turmoil in the world, this play is a reminder to ask, ‘What will you do to make this moment worth living?'" ...

An annual festival celebrating the music of Ludwig van Beethoven has opened in Warsaw. T he Ludwig van Beethoven Easter ...

Conductor Laurence Equilbey and her Insula Orchestra will perform Beethoven Wars: A Battle for Peace at the Hong Kong Arts Festival in March.