Of all the nine symphonies, for me it is No 4 that is looking back a little bit to the earlier, Viennese, Classical style. It is more connected to the first two symphonies than to the Eroica. That’s ...

This inauguration is in response to the first American Beethoven Cycle in decades recently undertaken by Maestro Osmo Vanska and the fabled, Minnesota Orchestra, (Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5, ...

Blue jeans? Check. "Beethoven & Blue Jeans" T-shirts in the three colors of the Mexican flag? Check. Pianist Orion Weiss' ...

Forty albums. Oscar, Emmy and Pulitzer awrds. The respect and adoration of his classical music peers. A slot on People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People list. Joshua Bell is out of summits to… By ...

Last April, in his first concert as St Martin's conductor and concertmaster, violinist Joshua Bell's direction of Beethoven's Fourth Symphony seemed awkward and effortful. Eleven months later, there's ...

Pianist Orion Weiss, one of two E. Lee Ronnel Artists of Distinction on the orchestra’s 2025-26 calendar, solos in the Piano ...