"You can connect dots that were never connected before." That's what Batiste is doing in his new album Beethoven Blues, in which he re-imagines Beethoven's compositions. Beethoven's work taps into ...

The first event (Jan. 8), Beethoven: Ways of Hearing, is an exclusive Q&A with DJ Kurs, the Artistic Director behind Deaf West Theatre, which was a driving force behind last summer's ...

Batiste re-imagines Beethoven compositions in his new album. It's "not that the original wasn't great and transcendent..." he says. "But there's... Jon Batiste finds the Blues in Beethoven When it ...

Hear him improvise on some of Beethoven’s classics. Credit... Supported by By Javier C. Hernández Photographs and Video by Kandice Chavous Long before Jon Batiste was a bandleader, television ...

An international team of scientists has successfully sequenced the genome of the legendary composer, Ludwig van Beethoven, for the first time ever. The scientists examined Beethoven’s genes to ...

Explore Beethoven’s only opera ‘Fidelio’, a masterpiece celebrating love and freedom, featuring our recommended recording starring Jonas Kaufmann. There are certain operatic scenes that ...

Timon conducts an orchestra composed of several instrument-playing animals. The concert is going beautifully, with a perfect introduction to Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, until Pumbaa interjects with ...