Classical concert lore is full of great pinch-hitting stories. For example, stardom found a young Leonard Bernstein when he stepped in for conductor Bruno Walter on short notice, and teenage pianist ...

Conductor Klaus Mäkelä, right, and pianist Yunchan Lim during a concert with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Dec. 18, 2025.

This Chicago Symphony Orchestra program running through Saturday offers an exciting glimpse into what Mäkelä, the group's music director designate, has in store for local audiences.

It will be remembered as a historic weekend for Austin entertainment and culture. Arranged as a chamber orchestra — a smaller ensemble harking back to those of Beethoven's day — the musicians treated ...

Nestled in the middle of all of it was Yunchan Lim, the mop-haired 21-year-old who made history three years ago as the Van ...

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68: I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande. Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Arranged for Solo Piano Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68: II. Scene am Bach ...

Beethoven's output for cello and piano spanned his lifetime -- starting with the two sonatas he composed in 1796; two near ...

(CBS) - Stop what you're doing right now and prepare to take in some classical music, culture and cool. One of our favorites, The Piano Guys, are back with an amazing hybrid of OneRepublic's "Secrets" ...

Ludwig van Beethoven performed Symphony No. 5, perhaps the world's most famous musical composition, for the first time in public in Vienna on this day in history, Dec. 22, 1808. Among other incredible ...

'All people become brothers.' Beethoven’s epic final symphony, a vision for music and for humanity. Beethoven, by this time almost entirely deaf, conducted the premiere performance of his Choral ...

Over the next nine weeks, nine of the world's leading Beethoven conductors will each explore a Beethoven symphony. We begin with Sir Roger Norrington on Symphony No 1... The piece is dedicated to ...

Too often overlooked, the Fourth Symphony is frequently overshadowed by Beethoven s more dynamic Third and Fifth symphonies. Following the monumental "Eroica" in chronology but not in style, the ...