Ludwig van Beethoven was a prodigious composer. He’s credited with 722 individual works, including symphonies, sonatas, and choral music — creations that pushed the boundaries of composition and ...
If I had to draft a list of classical music’s sworn enemies, it would be short: babies, humidity and, at the top, smartphones. In fact, I can think of no advance in modern technology more adversarial ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Pianist Young Hyun Cho has embarked on a project to record all 32 Beethoven ...
Tis the season of the 9th symphonies. It’s occuring at all levels of the classical music world. The Berlin Philharmonic is winding up its spring with Mahler’s Symphony No. 9. Early music groups that ...
In the mid-2000s, I was approached by a tech entrepreneur who was a fan of classical music and had a foundation that supported many classical artists. He had contacted me because of articles I had ...
Back in 2012, Kanye West uttered the following words at a concert in New Jersey: “I am flawed as a human being… but my music is perfect. You could go back to Beethoven and shit, but as far as in this ...