Latest in Tag: Beethoven Highlight
Latest in Tag: Beethoven
Beethoven: Made in the Rhineland
A composer like Ludwig van Beethoven towers over others, but even that singular genius didn’t come out of the blue. A look at the musical environment that brought forth the iconic musician — and cherished his memory.Toward the end of the 18th century, Bonn had a vibrant music life. As the residence of the prince-elector …
Listen: Kurt Masur conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4
DW presents exclusive concert recordings with the recently-deceased maestro Kurt Masur and the Dresden Philharmonic, as download or on-demand audio stream.
Listen: Kurt Masur conducts Beethoven symphonies
Exclusive concert recordings with the maestro and the Dresden Philharmonic, as download or on-demand audio stream.
Pianist Filippo Gorini triumphs at the Telekom Beethoven Competition
It was a sensational win for the 20-year-old Italian, who had never before performed with an orchestra. At the ITBCB finale he more than tamed a warhorse of the piano repertory: Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto. On Saturday evening (12.12.2015) in the sold-out Beethoven Hall, the audience favorite was announced first. Filippo Gorini left his competitors, …
Season of change at the Beethovenfest
“Before one can portray something, one must embody it,” Beethoven once said. Beethovenfest director Nike Wagner seems to take the saying seriously. This year’s festival program is all about change. In musical terminology, the German word “Veränderungen” (changes) has a dual meaning: “variations,” a compositional technique strewn throughout Beethoven’s oeuvre. Works with musical variations are …
10 things you didn’t know about Beethoven
How did a rat change Beethoven’s life? Was he really a grouch? Who was his secret lover? There are enough books on the famous composer to fill a library, but there are still many mysteries surrounding his life. 1. He wrote music for a dead poodle. One of the first mysteries in Beethoven’s biography is …