A portrait of Beethoven by Joseph Willibrord Mähler, a friend of the composer, painted during 1804-1805. Composer Ludwig van Beethoven was born in 1770, and so it's little surprise that 250 years ...

The two-time GRAMMY Award-winning Albany Symphony has unveiled its 2026-2027 season, an expansive musical journey that ...

Are you looking for a fresh take on Beethoven? Andrew Smith is a Connecticut-based violinist whose new recordings of sonatas ...

Richard Nixon was an accomplished pianist, but the 37th president’s real contribution to serious music was his overture to China in 1972. As a result of that trip, the Philadelphia Orchestra would be ...

Experience the international impact of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s historic 1973 trip to China, offering a story of cultural reversals and a glimpse into the worldwide future of classical music.

NEW YORK (AP) — When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds — participating in local, classical piano competitions by day, then “gigging in ...

At first glance, you might think Beethoven’s Wig 4 – Dance Along Symphonies CD ($11.99) is for parents who thought their babies would be geniuses if they were exposed to Mozart in utero. It’s actually ...

India-born Western classical music composer Konrad Fernandez has won the Silver Prize for composition in The Beethoven Award, ...