Ludwig van Beethoven performed Symphony No. 5, perhaps the world's most famous musical composition, for the first time in public in Vienna on this day in history, Dec. 22, 1808. Among other incredible ...

Young composer Estella Wallace talks about her prize-winning piece for string quartet inspired by Shostakovich's final work.

Conductor Rafael Payare has released a recording of Mahler's Fifth Symphony and taken it on tour. The music figures prominently in the Oscar-nominated film Tar. Another musician who has both seen Tár ...

Amateur musicians of all ages and levels are invited to join members of the Me2/Orchestra, conducted by Ronald Braunstein, in a stigma-free community play-along of Beethoven’s iconic 5th Symphony ...

“Not a Word,” which is being sold by international sales agency Beta Cinema, will have its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in the competitive Platform section. Variety speaks to the film’s ...

An experiment in Brazil compared the effects of exposing breast cancer cells in culture to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D, and Ligeti's "Atmosphères." The experiment ...