Goethe relates a telling anecdote about the indomitable spirit of Ludwig van Beethoven – whose 250th birthday is still being marked this year after the pandemic led to the cancellation of a number of ...

All visitors will probably return from the capital of Austria with a package of Mozartkugels, the small, round sugar confection made of pistachio, marzipan, and nougat. It is covered with dark ...

Heidrun Irene Mittermair, an alto in the Vienna Singverein Choir, says that Beethoven's Ninth is a “wonderful message of love” Vienna is hosting a series of performances of Ludwig van Beethoven’s ...

Fragments of a skull believed to have been that of composer Ludwig van Beethoven have been donated to a university in Austria after spending decades in the United States. The pieces of bone were ...

Rock singer Falco and composer Ludwig van Beethoven are buried here, near running paths and a dedicated bus route: Vienna Central Cemetery is no ordinary graveyard - and that's not just because an ...

From strong coffees and nights at the opera to simulated hearing loss, this tour allows you experience the city the same way the maestro did. I feel a coffee affinity already with this most venerated ...

It’s the composer’s 250th birthday, and a pilgrimage shines new light on his art and life. At the baroque Austrian National Library in Vienna, an extensive Beethoven exhibition includes the manuscript ...

Fragments of a skull believed to have been that of composer Ludwig van Beethoven have been donated to a university in Austria after spending decades in the United States. The pieces of bone were ...

On 22 December 1808, four works by Ludwig van Beethoven were premiered at a major concert in Vienna: Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 6, known as the ‘Pastoral’, Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 4 and ...

Beethoven suffered from poor health throughout his life, and reportedly asked for his body to be studied after his death. Skull fragments, presumed to be of Ludwig van Beethoven, have returned to ...

Did someone kill Beethoven? A Viennese pathologist claims the composer's physician did - inadvertently overdosing him with lead in a case of a cure that went wrong. Other researchers are not convinced ...

It’s an absolute pleasure to delve into the Beethoven Symphonies every so often, even – or especially – when one feels plenty saturated with Beethoven in concert and on record. True, there’s much ...