Beethoven

Jerusalem ‘Witches?’ music festival honors women with Baroque-era compositions - feature

'The Witches?' music festival highlights Baroque-era compositions performed by the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra, pianist Gili Loftus, and violinist Susanne Scholz.

 GILLI LOFTUS (left) and Susanne Scholz (right) will be two of the performers at the ‘Witches?’ festival.
 DUO SONARE – Yonatan Selai and Dr. Tal Zilber.

Duo Sonare: When Beethoven meets the music of Hollywood - review

 DNA, where genetics live. (Illustrative).

Beethoven had great genes, but not for beat synchronization

A portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven

Fragments of Beethoven’s skull returned to Austrian university


How did Beethoven die? New DNA analysis solves mystery

Turns out it wasn't lead poisoning that killed legendary musician Ludwig van Beethoven, according to new research that also unveiled some secrets about the composer's life.

A portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven

Nazi-looted sheet music returned to modern heirs

Beethoven gave the sheet music to his secretary before it found its way to the wealthy Czechoslovakian Petschek family.

 Beethoven’s handwritten manuscript for the fourth movement of his String Quartet in B-flat Major

Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra to perform for Beethoven's 250th birthday

Conductor Andrew Parrott will accompany the musicians as they prepare for the concert and will conduct via zoom from his home in Oxford.

The Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra prepares for special concert "In the Living Room With Beethoven."

Jerusalem hosts eighth annual Pianos Festival for free, completely online

Thursday saw the debut of a new project by composer Tom Cohen, featuring guests Dudu Tassa and pianist Omri Mor, which blends the works of Beethoven with classical Andalusian music.

The Jerusalem Philharmonic Orchestra plays at the 2019 Pianos Festival.

Beethoven: 250 years and counting

The Pianos Festival will be performed at the event’s regular berth of the Jerusalem Theater, November 11 to 14.

NIZAR EL-KHATER will team up with the Jerusalem Street Orchestra in a wide-ranging sonata-based program.

Music for today: Musica Nova will celebrate its 30th anniversary

While most of us like to hear music with which we are familiar and possibly can hum along to, art, by definition, has to keep evolving.

AVIGAIL ARNHEIM

Life on a string:Myrna Herzog

Raised as a Catholic, converting to Judaism and making aliya, Brazilian-born violist Myrna Herzog enthralls Israeli audiences with the sounds of early music.

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