Beethoven Archive

Beethoven’s Third Symphony is regarded as a turning point in musical history, and it marks the beginning of his career’s second period. Beethoven’s ideas for the “Eroica” began during his tumultuous “Heiligenstadt Testament” period, but …

Beethoven’s last quartet was written in October 1826 at his brother’s country estate about 50 miles northeast of Vienna, where Beethoven and his nephew Karl had taken refuge after Karl’s attempted suicide. It was, needless …

The first movement of the Symphony #6 (‘Awakening of happy feelings on arrival in the country’) is followed by another long movement (‘Scene by the Brook’). This gives a hymn-like, feeling which is maintained by …

After completing this concerto in 1806, Beethoven 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 that you …

Russian pianist Evgeny Koroliov first attended the Central Music School where he was a pupil of Anna Artobolesvkaya. During this time he also got lessons from Heinrich Neuhaus and Maria Yudina. He continued his studies …