The most famous of Beethoven’s violin sonatas have nicknames. The Spring is named for its air of pastoral ease – although that choice of name had nothing to do with the composer. The Kreutzer got its ...

In his first recording as conductor, Pekka Kuusisto is insightful and in control, and Vilde Frang brings electricity to both concertos There are two violinists at work on this recording, and it ...

Beethoven is lionized as a composer and artist. His music is treated with a reverence that can sometimes hide the intellect and passion he intended to convey to the audiences of his era. The first ...

THE BASICS: JoAnn Falletta conducts the first of a two-weekend Beethoven festival, featuring the BPO’s Concert Master, violinist Nikki Chooi in Beethoven’s Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra ...

You have to have a gimmick to put out yet another recording of the Beethoven Violin Concerto, and Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili has two dandy ones: She plays the Beethoven without a conductor, ...

In this DW Festival Concert, violinist Augustin Hadelich performs Beethoven's complex Violin Concerto in D Major. Inspired to create contemporary music that reflects the challenges of the age, from ...

This interview originally aired on April 21, 2021. We rebroadcast it on July 7, 2021. Gil Shaham/Eric Jacobsen and the Knights — Beethoven, Brahms: Violin Concertos (Canary Classics) Jump to CD ...

The Utah Symphony will open its Masterworks season this weekend with a favorite soloist performing a beloved concerto. German violinist Augustin Hadelich will join the orchestra and music director ...

Get a preview of Beethoven’s only violin concerto performed by the 'frighteningly awesome' Avery Fisher-winning violinist Francisco Fullana. The magic and romance of Stravinsky’s soaring Firebird ...

Northampton, MA — The Sage Chamber Music Society of Smith College presents A Beethoven Cycle II: The Complete Sonatas for Piano and Violin, featuring pianist Jiayan Sun and violinist Elizabeth Chang ...