Celebrating Beethoven's 250th Birthday
The 17th of December this year marks Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th Birthday (or to be precise, his day of christening) and I wanted to join the celebration, by sharing this blog post along with my illustration. Beethoven’s music can be described not only as timeless, but also as globally transcending borders and boundaries. It is said that each day somewhere in the world his symphonies or piano concertos are being performed in live concerts. He is known to be the most widely played composer of Western classical music in the world, with his Ninth Symphony as his most famous work internationally...