The offseason Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival concerts feature five fun, challenging works from the composer’s early period.

Ring in the new year with InConcert Sierra and the vitality and spirit of an all-Beethoven concert featuring the renowned ...

After 15 years, Green Mountain Mahler Festival’s annual New Year’s Day performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at ...

Spotlight: Cascade Symphony Orchestra opens 2026 with ‘Beethoven’s Fifth’ Monday, Jan. 12, 7:30 p.m.
 Edmonds Center for the ...

Despite his status as one of history's great composers, Beethoven is also remembered for his surly disposition and unkempt appearance. 'He was indeed irritable, untidy, clumsy, rude, and misanthropic, ...

New research published in the journal Current Biology uses DNA sequencing to uncover that the great composer did not die from lead poisoning after all... In 1802, at the age of just 32, Ludwig van ...

DNA from strands of Beethoven’s hair is helping to uncover what may have caused his death, researchers say. The composer was plagued with health issues for most of his life. On March 26, 1827, he ...

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony may not be his greatest. It's not even a favorite of the musicians who play it, and yet we treat it as the pinnacle of Beethoven's musical genius. It tops every popularity ...

This year marks the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. He is known for his symphonies, string quartets and other compositions — many of which he composed after he had already started going deaf.