Ludwig van Beethoven performed Symphony No. 5, perhaps the world's most famous musical composition, for the first time in public in Vienna on this day in history, Dec. 22, 1808. Among other incredible ...

Conductor Elim Chan kept The Cleveland Orchestra alternating between "light and attentive" and "clarity with relentless energy." As for Beethoven's most theatrical strokes? Masterful, triumphant. As ...

The Elgin Symphony Orchestra continues its 76th Season Classics Series with a program of energy, elegance, and symphonic power at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 11, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 12, at the ...

The opening four notes of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 are the most iconic in all of music. There’s an apocryphal story that Beethoven called those four notes “fate knocking at the door.” But the very ...

The opening notes of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony are iconic, but Alexander Shelley promises that the piece has much more in store. The next artistic and music director of the Pacific Symphony returns ...

A stellar soloist and a visit to some irrefutably immortal music marked the first Portland Symphony Orchestra concert of the new year at Merrill Auditorium on Sunday afternoon. Ludwig van Beethoven’s ...

Classical-music conducting is having a big pop-culture moment. Last year, the film “Tár,” starring Cate Blanchett as the fictional conductor Lydia Tár, about abuse of power sparked think pieces — ...

Acclaimed violinist Eunice Kim will join the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra on March 21 for its tribute to beloved composer Ludwig van Beethoven. Along with the "Beethoven, Beethoven, Beethoven!" ...

Albany Symphony's 2026-2027 season will feature new works by Viet Cuong and Reena Esmail alongside classics including Beethoven, Strauss and Mozart.