Beethoven completed five Piano Concertos in under 20 years, but from the age of 38 he would never finish one again as his deafness stopped him from performing, writes John Suchet. Five completed Piano ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. An upstart composer from a small town, ready to make his mark on the world... Beethoven moved ...

Kristian Bezuidenhout and Pablo Heras-Casado make these concertos sing in readings that feel both freewheeling and profound Hopefully you are not sick of Beethoven yet in his 250th anniversary year, ...

Jane Jones explores the drama that reveals the piano as the poet. If your picture of Beethoven is, like mine, of a dramatic, dark personality whose tragic life events shaped him and his music, then ...

Following a tour last year showcasing all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas in South Korea, Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder, renowned for his interpretations of Beethoven's works, will present all five of ...

Yunchan Lim, the youngest-ever winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, makes his Proms debut with the BBC ...

From time to time, the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes decides to orientate his professional life towards certain specific projects. Back in 2008 he revisited and reassessed the music of his fellow ...

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.

Watch American pianist Emmanuel Ax and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra perform Beethoven’s Piano Concertos 1 and 2 from the Sydney Opera House. Although published after Piano Concerto No 1, Beethoven’s ...

What’s a little less Lang Lang and a little less Haydn in the over-the-top final weeks of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s exceedingly generous centennial season? Gustavo Dudamel had planned a ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 Alexander Lonquich, Piano Munich Chamber Orchestra Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Alexander Lonquich, Piano Munich Chamber Orchestra Concerto for Piano ...