Jakarta – DNA from the German composer’s hair Ludwig van Beethoven culminated in surprising results. Researcher wants to find out the health problems of Beethoven, who lost his hearing completely at the age of 40. “Our main goal is to shed light on Beethoven’s health problems, which famously included progressive hearing loss, beginning in his … Read more
This year’s cycle of piano concerts by Hybatelé Resonance will start this Monday, October 2, in Prague’s St. Anne’s Monastery with a recital by Jan Bartoš. He will present the repertoire from the album he released in February. The leading Czech pianist and artistic director of two festivals will play Bedřich Smetana’s Dreams or Miloslav … Read more
Pianist Ivo Kahánek is looking forward to the “specific energy” of the renowned Zurich Tonhalle orchestra, with whom he will perform this Friday, September 8, at the Prague Dvořák Festival. The renowned Swiss ensemble will accompany him during Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3. In it, the famous composer probably expressed his defiance towards … Read more
After 13 years, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Ode to Joy returns to the program of the final concert of the Prague Spring Festival, performed by the Czech Philharmonic conducted by the renowned Christoph Eschenbach. The 83-year-old German conductor, who looks extremely serious and pays attention to the smallest details, has been returning to … Read more
Conductor Roman Válek and his Czech Ensemble Baroque will make their debut at this year’s Prague Spring festival. At the same time, they have been on the scene for twenty-five years. The ensemble of historically informed interpretation, which has chosen an international English name, operates in Moravia: in Brno, then in Znojmo, where it is … Read more
What happened today – November 15, 1807 Beethoven’s 4th Symphony has its premiere November 15, 2021 by Florian Hauser – Vienna, November 15, 1807. Beethoven’s Fourth is premiered in Palais Lobkowitz, a huge baroque palace in the 1st district, within sight of the Vienna Hofburg. November 15th is a Sunday, Napoleon has withdrawn, and the … Read more
Cultural life was shut down in the Corona crisis. In New York, classical music fans still have the opportunity to enjoy concerts – but all by themselves. In the coronavirus pandemic, classical music fans in New York can have a concert all to themselves. All 16 string quartets of the in Bonn Born composer Ludwig … Read more
The building on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan across from the Metropolitan Museum has belonged to the Federal Republic of Germany since the 1950s. For a long time it served as the headquarters of the Goethe Institute in New York and is currently operated under the name “1014” as a “Place for Ideas”. There have been … Read more
In addition to four musicians, due to the restrictions in the coronavirus pandemic, only one listener – or a couple or people living together in a household – is allowed. The rush for the ten-minute concert experiences, for which those interested had to register in advance on the Internet, was great. – .