Ludwig van Beethoven
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- Type
- Solo artist
- Styles
- musique classique, opéra, musique savante, symphonie, sonate
- Fans
- 1.4m
Ludwig van Beethoven is a German composer, pianist and conductor, born in Bonn, working in the classical and then romantic styles, spanning classical music, opera and art music. The last great representative of Viennese classicism.
Next date in Barcelona: 28 January 2027 at Sala 1 Pau Casals.
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- Latest album
- Scottish And Irish Songs (1958)
- Born
- 1770 · Bonn
- Origin
- empire d'Autriche
- Active since
- 1782
About — The artist
Ludwig van Beethoven (/ludvig van betɔvœn/; in German: /ˈluːtvɪç fan ˈbeːtˌhoːfn̩/) is a German composer, pianist and conductor born on 15 or 16 December 1770 in Bonn and died on 26 March 1827 in Vienna.
The last great representative of Viennese classicism (after Gluck, Haydn and Mozart), Beethoven paved the way for the evolution towards musical Romanticism and influenced Western music throughout much of the 19th century. Impossible to pin down ("You give me the impression of a man with several heads, several hearts, several souls," Haydn told him around 1793), his art was expressed across different musical genres, and although his symphonic music is the main source of his popularity, he also had a considerable influence on writing for the piano and on chamber music.
Overcoming through sheer willpower the trials of a life marked by the deafness that struck him at the age of twenty-seven, celebrating in his music the triumph of heroism and joy even as fate imposed isolation and hardship on him, he was rewarded posthumously by this statement from Romain Rolland: "He is far more than the foremost of musicians. He is the most heroic force in modern art." An expression of an unshakeable faith in humanity and a deliberate optimism, an affirmation of a free and independent artist, Beethoven's body of work makes him one of the most significant figures in the history of music.
Discographie
- Kreutzer Sonata1918
- Missa solemnis, op. 1231928
- Piano Concerto no. 5 in E‐flat “Emperor”1941
- Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 (“Choral”) / Brahms: Song of Destiny, op. 54 (Schicksalslied)1949
- Fidelio1950
- Symphony no. 3 in E flat major, op. 55 "Eroica"1950
- Symphonie N° 7 / Ouverture "Coriolan"1951
- Symphonie Nr. 3 in Es-Dur op. 55 (Eroica)1952
- Symphony no. 5 in C minor1952
- Piano Concert no. 5 “Emperor”1952
- Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor", E Flat Major, Opus 731953
- Violinkonzert D-Dur1953
- Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata / Chopin1953
- Eroica (Symphony no. 3 in E-flat Major op. 55)1954
- Symphonie N° 9 en ré mineur Op.125 avec chœurs / Symphonie N° 1 en ut majeur Op.211954
- Quartet for Strings in B-flat major, op. 1301954
- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor / Beethoven: Romance no. 1 in G major / Romance no. 2 in F major1955
- Toccata en fa majeur / Concerto pour 2 trompettes en ut / Sonate en fa dièse, op. 78, « À Thérèse » / Symphonie n° 26 en mi bémol (K. 184) / Fantaisie‐impromptu, op. 66 / Carnaval romain, Ouverture1955
- Pianoforte-Concerto no. 3 in C minor, op. 371955
- Sonata no. 9 In A major op. 47 for Violin and Piano („Kreutzer”)1956
- Sonatas no. 17 in D minor “Tempest” & no. 18 in E‐flat major "Hunt"1956
- Symphony no. 2 in D major / Coriolan Overture1956
- Sonata no. 30 in E major, op. 109 / Sonata no. 31 in A‐flat major, op. 110 / Sonata no. 32 in C minor, op. 1111956
- Symphonie "Iéna"1957
- Mondschein-Sonate / Sonate Pathétique1957
- 8e Symphonie en Fa Majeur Opus 931957
- Klavierkonzerte 2 & 41957
- Concerto n° 5 pour piano et orchestre « L'Empereur »1957
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major Op. 19 / Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 10521957
- Scottish And Irish Songs1958