BY ALAN SHERROD It is an inarguable truth that every concert comes with its own set of expectations, a delicious combination ...

CLASSICAL HEIST: "It's kind of like Ocean’s 11," says The Beethoven 32 organizer Hwa-Jin Kim, pictured. "I had a lot of fun coming up with the title." Photo courtesy of Sonare Music Academy Movie ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Symphony No. 9 was the pinnacle of Beethoven's remarkable career. Boston Public Library/Flickr, CC BY In early 1824, 30 members of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — This week’s Cleveland Orchestra programs were to have featured soprano Asmik Grigorian in Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs. But when Grigorian withdrew last week for personal ...

Ludwig van Beethoven, despite profound deafness, continued to compose masterpieces like the Ninth Symphony. He developed an inner musical model, relying on imagination, memory, and meticulous ...

A stellar soloist and a visit to some irrefutably immortal music marked the first Portland Symphony Orchestra concert of the new year at Merrill Auditorium on Sunday afternoon. Ludwig van Beethoven’s ...

A happy birthday to Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the biggest giants of classical music, born Dec. 16, 1770. (He died March 26, 1827. An old joke: a fan opens Beethoven's grave in Vienna and sees him .

When Ludwig van Beethoven died in 1827, he was three years removed from the completion of his Ninth Symphony, a work heralded by many as his magnum opus. He had started work on his 10th Symphony but, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ted Olson, East Tennessee State University (THE CONVERSATION) In early 1824, 30 ...