It has been recorded by everyone from Geza Anda to Dieter Zechlin. Forward-looking, iconoclastic modern pianists record it; so do classicists, and big-name stars give it a try. With more than 80 ...

If I started to play for you the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Opus 27, No. 2, subtitled “Quasi una fantasia,” you would immediately recognize it.

True to its musical title, the documentary “Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements” is composed as a three-part meditation on a single subject: hearing loss. But the tripartite form is more ...

This year marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven, the German composer who created some of the world’s most beloved music. It’s an opportunity to celebrate his genius, a gift manifested ...

Warning: This article contains spoilers. When Beethoven composed the “Moonlight Sonata” in the summer of 1801 in Hungary, he did it for his young student whom he loved, 17-year-old Countess Giulietta ...

Reporting from Park City, Utah — In 2007, Irene Taylor Brodsky’s “Hear and Now” won Sundance’s documentary audience award. On Monday, a dozen years later, she returned to the festival with “Moonlight ...