The Illinois Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-2026 season truly got underway Friday, Nov. 7. After debuting last month with the well-attended “Star Wars Greatest Hits” concert, the ISO seems to be settling ...

The most famous of Beethoven’s violin sonatas have nicknames. The Spring is named for its air of pastoral ease – although that choice of name had nothing to do with the composer. The Kreutzer got its ...

In this DW Festival Concert, violinist Augustin Hadelich performs Beethoven's complex Violin Concerto in D Major. Inspired to create contemporary music that reflects the challenges of the age, from ...

For Beethoven's 250th birthday, James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong are giving us the gift of a complete violin-sonata cycle over the course of the season. These ten beloved works are cornerstones of the ...

Northampton, MA — The Sage Chamber Music Society of Smith College presents A Beethoven Cycle II: The Complete Sonatas for Piano and Violin, featuring pianist Jiayan Sun and violinist Elizabeth Chang ...

German violinist Anton Steck couples the Beethoven Violin Concerto with a work by the little-known violinist and composer Franz Alexander Pössinger, who appears to have been involved in editing the ...

We rank the all-time great, most stirring violin concertos… from Bruch and Beethoven, to Mozart and Marsalis, here are the very best. The violin is one of the most expressive instruments in the ...

Under the baton of guest conductor Ankush Kumar Bahl, Elgin Symphony Orchestra will perform its “Beethoven’s Eroica” concert Feb. 5 and 6 at the Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin. If you’ve always ...

Pianist Orion Weiss, one of two E. Lee Ronnel Artists of Distinction on the orchestra’s 2025-26 calendar, solos in the Piano ...

In the DW Festival Concert, violinist Augustin Hadelich performs Beethoven's complex Violin Concerto in D Major. When Beethoven's music was considered 'peculiar' (Fotolia/ Thorsten Schmitt ) Inspired ...