UNLIKE Bach or Mozart, Beethoven has never gone out of fashion. No other composer has touched so many people, inspiring feelings of heroism, victory over suffering and hope over despair. Leonard ...

Before Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) changed the direction of music forever, he was a pianist...and a pretty good one to boot. Beethoven could play fiddle too, but, then again, he was no Paganini ...

Ludwig van Beethoven is not an artist you "discover." Like Shakespeare, da Vinci and the Beatles, his legacy hangs in the air unavoidably. Since his death in 1827, Beethoven has become as much a pop ...

Petroc Trelawny discusses with music writer Helen Wallace the link between Beethoven and the London-based Royal Philharmonic Society, while scholar Amanda Glauert provides an introduction to his ...