After completing this concerto in 1806, the composer struggled to find anyone to perform it. So the work sat on a shelf, gathering dust, until its public premiere on 22 December 1808. Just imagine ...

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 The all-Beethoven season-opening program begins with the Piano Concerto No. 4, ...

Following his concerts last season, The Washington Classical Review reported that an “aura of classical music celebrity hung about the Kennedy Center Concert Hall… when a capacity crowd turned out to ...

Watch Emmanuel Ax and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra perform Beethoven's Piano Concertos 3 and 4 at the Sydney Opera House. Beethoven composed his 3rd and 4th Piano Concertos between 1800 and 1806 – a ...

A piano concerto Beethoven was working on when he was 18 years old premiered Feb. 1 in Rotterdam. Reconstructed by Dutch musicologist Cees Nieuwenhuizen, the work was found in 2004 among a group of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — There’s never been a better time to buy a couple of extra tickets to The Cleveland Orchestra. Not one but four stellar soloists took the stage at Severance Music Center on Wednesday, ...

One of my favorite pianists, the majestic Mitsuko Uchida plays Beethoven's lyrical Fourth Piano Concerto. Listening to her speak about the piece is almost as mesmerizing as hearing her play. "He's ...

Beethoven completed five piano concertos in under 20 years, earning considerable amounts of money by performing them himself in concert. Celebrated Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has performed the ...

Classical music can be carved up in all sorts of ways, but one way seems ideally clear-cut. There’s music, and there’s music for opera. One takes place in concert halls, and is listened to for its ...

Pianist Pierre Laurent Aimard is back, this time with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra behind him. They play the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 during a tour concert at the University of Massachusetts.