How are the Black Keys and Beethoven alike? They both had the low-down dirty blues. JK! They both compose(d) music for two instruments! You’ve heard his symphonies. Now hear cellist Norman Fischer – ...

Beethoven: The Last Three Piano Sonatas with the Hsu siblings: Ashley Hsu (Piano’15); Andrew Hsu (Piano ’13 and Composition ’15); and Daniel Hsu (Piano). Andrew and Daniel came to Curtis in 2008, ...

Part of Quest for Joy. “Quest for Joy,” the centerpiece of WQXR's Beethoven celebration, is a four-part series conceived, curated and hosted by conductor and MacArthur “Genius” Marin Alsop. In each ...

Oboes, clarinets, bassoons and horns take centre stage today in Beethoven's early masterpiece, the Octet in E-flat. Brace yourself, you're also going to hear his patriotic song, Germania, considered ...

Part of Quest for Joy. “Quest for Joy,” the centerpiece of WQXR's Beethoven celebration, is a four-part series conceived, curated and hosted by conductor and MacArthur “Genius” Marin Alsop. In each ...

Beethoven is a towering figure in classical music, beloved by the musical profession. At the same time, it is important to engage with the full diversity and range of his admirers in the 21st century.