Two giants who shook the foundations of 18th- and 19th-century Europe, Ludwig van Beethoven and Napoleon Bonaparte were born just one year apart—Beethoven in Bonn, near Cologne (now Germany) in 1770 ...
On Thursday night at the Kennedy Center, the National Symphony Orchestra capped off the first half of its “Beethoven and American Masters” festival. When the cycle concludes in spring 2023, the NSO ...