A virtuoso pianist with 30 years of performance experience lived only 35 years, yet by the age of 20, he had already be…
Genius
-
He is often referred to as the genius of an era that bridged authoritarian ignorance and the modern Western world. Painting, sculpture, architecture, invention, anatomy, music, and literature were all…
-
The states where he was born and died (the Holy Roman and Austrian Empires) no longer exist, yet Beethoven’s name in the 21st century carries as much weight as it…