Colorado pianist Katie Mahan at the Kapuzinerberg in Salzburg, Austria. The young Ludwig van Beethoven had every intention of studying with Mozart. In 1787, when Beethoven was 16, he traveled to ...

Coinciding nicely with the new century — it was conceived in 1800 — the Piano Concerto No. 3 of Beethoven, which was given a lively reading at Avery Fisher Hall on Tuesday evening as part of the ...

The Mainly Mozart Festival is in full flight. This year’s proceedings started on Thursday, June 15, and have gone from strength, to strength, to strength, to sublime. The first concert saw LA ...

Just as the real Beethoven had an intense admiration for Napoleon Bonaparte, whom he considered a great revolutionary ...

Controversy and scandal have surrounded Mozart’s landmark Requiem from the very beginning. An anonymous patron commissioned the work to commemorate the death of his wife. The patron may or may not ...

Over the past week, I’ve discussed a number of scholars’ thoughts on what schools can do to nurture creativity and innovation among students. One point of view I meant to highlight earlier this week ...

Some of the finest orchestral musicians in the United States convened Friday evening on a humid athletic field in Del Mar to play symphonies by Mozart and Beethoven. The majority of the audience at ...

The second of Andras Schiff’s three recitals devoted to the last piano sonatas of Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn and Schubert had poise and fluidity as well as an uncharacteristic caprice. Those who came to ...

It looks like Mozart's hair is worth more than Beethoven's. A lock of Mozart's hair sold for 35,000 pounds ($53,400) on Thursday, while strands of Beethoven's hair went for 8,124 pounds ($12,400), ...

"Mozart vs. Beethoven is the theme of the latest in the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra’s series of “Chamber Conversations,” to be held Jan. 26, 5:30 p.m. at the Indiana History Center’s Lilly Hall.

Mozart vs. Beethoven is the theme of the latest in the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra’s series of “Chamber Conversations,” to be held Jan. 26, 5:30 p.m. at the Indiana History Center’s Lilly Hall.