Ludwig van Beethoven News

The outstanding American pianist-composer Michael Stephen Brown will return to the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Learn more and see how to attend.

The Cliburn has announced a change to the jury for the Seventeenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, taking place May 21–June 7, 2025, at Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU and Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts will present the fourth annual Summer for the City. The 2025 festival will include world and New York premieres, participatory events, and more.

Theatro São Pedro's opera season opens in April with an impactful program: Fidelio, the only opera composed by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), will be performed on April 18, 20, 23, 25 and 27. With Cláudio Cruz as musical director and William Pereira as stage director, and featuring singers such as Eiko Senda, Eric Herrero, Andrey Mira and Licio Bruno.

Activist orchestra PROTESTRA will continue its year of musical resistance with the next installment in its PROTESTRA 2025 series, A Concert for the 99%. The concert will take place on Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM at St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist Church.

La Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL), a través de la Coordinación Nacional de Música y Ópera, tienen el agrado de anunciar que los Mtro. Alexander Pashkov y Román Revueltas, concertistas de Bellas Artes, serán solistas invitados de la Orquesta Filarmónica de Querétaro y la Orquesta Filarmónica del Desierto de Coahuila, respectivamente.  

California Symphony and Artistic and Music Director Donato Cabrera conclude the 2024-2025 season, which has showcased the crowning achievements of composers at the peak of their powers, with UNFINISHED BRUCKNER – two concerts featuring a striking pair of unfinished masterpieces by Franz Schubert and Anton Bruckner on Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 7:30pm and Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 4:00pm at Hofmann Theatre at the Lesher Center for the Arts (1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek).

Artistic Director and Founder Thomas Crawford leads the American Classical Orchestra (ACO), New York City's leading period instrument orchestra, in the final concert of its 40th anniversary season at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall on Wednesday, May 7 at 7:30 pm.

One of the most versatile, highly respected and best-reviewed artists of her generation, pianist Anne-Marie McDermott will be Palm Beach Symphony’s featured soloist in Ludwig van Beethoven’s sublime Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 during the Masterworks Series Concert at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.

Symphony San Jose has revealed its 2025/2026 season—one filled with an exciting mix of classical masterpieces, contemporary discoveries, light classics, film music, pops, ballet, and education concerts. Learn more!

Organizado por la Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL), a través de la Coordinación Nacional de Música y Ópera (CNMyO), el domingo 30 de marzo a las 11:30 horas en el Salón de Recepciones del Museo Nacional de Arte, el tenor René Velázquez y el pianista Héctor Cruz ofrecerán el concierto Mujer divina, en el marco del ciclo Música INBAL, con entrada libre al público.

Shriver Hall Concert Series has announced its 60th anniversary and 2025-26 concert season. For six decades, SHCS has created musical experiences in the intimacy of Shriver Hall.

The supremely gifted and versatile cellist Kristina Reiko Cooper will appear as a soloist in the Holocaust Memorial Day Concert with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor Benjamin Yusupov at Henry Crown Symphony Hall at Jerusalem Theater (David Marcus St 20, Jerusalem, Israel) on Thursday evening April 24, 2025 at 8 p.m. local time.

The San Francisco Symphony has revealed details of the Orchestra’s 114th season, taking place September 4, 2025–June 28, 2026. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

The Minnesota Orchestra and Music Director Thomas Søndergård have announced plans for the Orchestra’s 2025-26 season, a year which includes performances by star artists from cellist Yo-Yo Ma to violinist Leila Josefowicz.

Seattle Chamber Music Society revealed the programming for its 2025 Summer Festival, the World's Largest Chamber Music Party. See the lineup and learn more!

Dance lovers and many more will be enraptured by the current performances of 'Twyla Tharp Dance Diamond Jubilee' at New York City Center

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) has announced its 2025-26 Season with a line-up of superb guest artists assembled by Edward T. Cone Music Director Rossen Milanov. Audience favorite Aubree Oliverson returns to the PSO stage along with violinist Bella Hristova who last performed with the orchestra in 2014.

The Telegraph Quartet (Eric Chin and Joseph Maile, violins; Pei-Ling Lin, viola; Jeremiah Shaw, cello), will be presented by The Walter Naumburg Foundation in the Foundation's celebrated series Naumburg Looks Back.

Chamber Music America and Kaatsbaan Cultural Park will present Ivalas Quartet and their program First Light. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!