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.

Adrian Spence does not pussyfoot around when talking about the relevance of Beethoven. The founder and artistic director of ...

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Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by critic’s notebook Our chief classical critic took on the daunting Opus 110 in college, and now relishes risky recordings. By Anthony Tommasini For my ...

Ludwig van Beethoven began composing piano sonatas when he was a young man of 23, and continued composing them until he was 51, after he became deaf. In that time he composed 32 sonatas. This Saturday ...

The first time Jonathan Biss asked for piano lessons, he was 4. His musician parents said he was too young, but he kept asking. “There was music everywhere when I was growing up,” recalls Biss, who ...

During a FaZe Clan livestream, ExtraEmily surprised viewers by seamlessly transitioning from playing Beethoven's \"Moonlight ...

Chris Wallace may not be the most obvious artistic muse, but Grammy-winner Jon Batiste owes some credit to the veteran newsman for inspiring his latest musical experiment. The New Orleans native — ...

The Varchetti family ordered a pepperoni pizza from Hungry Howie’s for dinner. When the delivery guy came to their suburban Detroit home, he gave them the pizza, then peeked inside to their foyer and ...