Classical Music

The Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel will return to Berlin in 2020. Under his guidance, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra will play Beethoven, Ravel and other stunning sounds during an open air concert in spring.

Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th birthday is coming up in 2020. The German composer will be honored with hundreds of events in his birth city of Bonn and other…

Berlin, Hamburg and Dresden are in for impressive performances of Mozart's 'Requiem', the last piece he ever wrote. A famous orchestra, a choir and the…

According to Edvard Grieg, Clara Schumann was "one of the most soulful and famous pianists of the day". As a composer, she was admired as well. In the past five decades, the pieces she wrote were rediscovered and interpreted a lot.

Critics can use the words 'virtuoso' and 'genius' a million times. They do have a point, but only listening to the master will really show what the man can do.

Sachiko Furuhata-Kersting was born in Yokohama in 1975. At the age of three she got her first piano lessons. Once she had won the national "New Pianist"…

Stunning classical music concerts keep on taking place in Germany's large cities. For lovers of the genre, being there is probably the most desirable option, but also the most expensive one. The other way is to listen to those concerts live, thanks to the ARD radio network. They are even broadcasting live from the New York Met.