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And while there are no reports of Beethoven setting fire to his piano or sliding across the stage on his knees, he definitely dazzled audiences with his piano playing during his lifetime.

Almost all of the luminaries buried there — Beethoven ... simplifying the inner workings of the piano to make the keys more responsive so you could play faster and louder.

Fire up any online piano lesson or sheet music platform and one of the most popular pieces will inevitably be Beethoven’s Für Elise, the ubiquitous bagatelle that the whole world wants to play. This ...

It takes Beethoven's many sets of themes and variations for solo ... Wednesday, April 11 at 7.30pm: Musicanti, including the pianist Peter Donohoe, play piano quintets by Louise Farrenc and Schubert ...

He turned to the piano and began playing Beethoven’s Für Elise, gradually infusing it with blue notes and gospel chords. The result was a joyful, soulful, century-spanning alchemy that caused ...