On a stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven passed away after a protracted illness.

Two centuries after Ludwig van Beethoven’s death, a few strands of his hair have given scientists their clearest view yet of what was happening inside his body. By sequencing DNA from authenticated ...

DR LUIS DIAS In 2020, a friend and I had made elaborate plans to visit Vienna for the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth. We had booked flights, hotel and concert tickets for his ...

From young prodigy to troubled genius – a new German film explores the turbulent life of Ludwig van Beethoven in this, his 250th anniversary year. “Soon the world will know his name...” A new biopic ...

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 ...

He was the definition of a tortured genius, battling deafness to compose symphonies he could not properly hear. And unlucky Beethoven appears to have also had hepatitis B and a genetic risk of liver ...

Google is celebrating the 245th anniversary of legendary German composer Ludwig van Beethoven with one of its famous animated doodles. The musician and composer was born on this day in 1770 in Bonn - ...

Turns out Beethoven didn’t just sound intense — he looked it, too. Nearly 200 years after Ludwig van Beethoven’s death, scientists say they’ve finally pieced together what the famously moody maestro ...

Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies have influenced every generation of composers since they were written. Riccardo Chailly talks to Philip Clark about the enduring power of the symphonies Ludwig van ...

Stephen Johnson explores Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4.

On Wednesday, Ludwig van Beethoven’s birthday will be celebrated for the 250th time. I assume his abusive, alcoholic father wasn’t too plastered to have had baby Beethoven parties, and the composer is ...