The Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, who died in 2023, wrote music of profoundly shadowed seriousness, and her ironically ...

Few musicians in the world are as intimately familiar with Beethoven's piano sonatas as Daniel Barenboim, who has been e | ...

The discovery of a love letter revealed the depths of Beethoven’s yearning for his "immortal beloved." Scholars have been piecing together clues to her identity ever since. Ludwig van Beethoven wasn’t ...

‘There are and there will be thousands of princes,’ wrote Beethoven to Prince Lichnowsky. ‘There is only one Beethoven.’ People approach Beethoven with a feeling of awe and reverence. Whether you like ...

Much about E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822) can be discerned from his name. Born Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann, he later replaced “Wilhelm” with “Amadeus” as both a tribute to Mozart and a declaration ...

“Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets,” a thematic survey of 55 paintings and one lithograph at the Barnes Foundation, is that rare, magical exhibition that casts a storybook spell. In the first ...

A fire destroyed a southern Arizona workshop containing about 80 antique pianos, including one reportedly played by Beethoven. The piano restorer, Jens Witter, had collected the instruments over ...

In the signature of Melisa Chioma Emeghebo Rousseau's email was a quote by cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead that read: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed individuals can ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Known for his strange jungle scenes and dreamscapes, Henri Rousseau was a self-taught ...

Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the greatest composers who ever lived, was born in December 1770 in Bonn, Germany, to a musical family. His grandfather and father were both singers in the state choir.

This story is from an installment of In the Loupe, our weekly insider newsletter about the best of the watch world. Sign up here. In 2018, when Pierre-Louis Follet joined the team at the New York ...

Beethoven‘s Fifth Piano Concerto, The Emperor was voted Australia’s favourite piano piece in the ABC Classic 100: Piano. This is the concerto’s third triumph in a Classic 100 with The Emperor pushing ...