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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

1770–1827 · Bonn, Germany

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Biography

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer. As a crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. By his late 20s his hearing began to deteriorate, and by the last decade of his life he was almost totally deaf. In 1811 he gave up conducting and performing in public but continued to compose; many of his most admired works come from these last 15 years of his life.

Sound 165

2020s

  1. 2026

    The Second Assignment

    Music

  2. Go On, Have Another One

    Music

  3. Europiano (1/2) - The finest piano concertos from across Europe

    Original Music Composer

  4. Europiano (2/2) - The finest piano concertos from across Europe

    Original Music Composer

  5. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 Eric Lu in Stockholm

    Original Music Composer

  6. Concerto Internazionale per la Pace

    Original Music Composer

  7. Concert for Europe 2026 With the Berliner Philharmoniker

    Original Music Composer

  8. Concerto di Pasqua 2026 - OSN

    Original Music Composer

  9. Fidelio - Wiener Staatsoper

    Original Music Composer

  10. Cristian Măcelaru Conducts Beethoven and Brahms With Frank Peter Zimmermann

    Original Music Composer

  11. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 - Lukas Sternath in Athens

    Original Music Composer

  12. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major Martha Argerich in Hamburg

    Original Music Composer

  13. 2025

    Gustavia, l'histoire du prince de Suède inconnu

    Music

  14. Hayaller Özgürlük İster

    Music

  15. ORIGAMI

    Music

  16. Jenneba Kanneh-Mason @ Ruhr Piano Festival 2025

    Original Music Composer

  17. Marc-André Hamelin @ Ruhr Piano Festival 2025

    Original Music Composer

  18. Ohio Sonata

    Music

  19. Soneriada

    Sound

  20. Armonie di Speranza

    Original Music Composer

  21. Concerto per Agrigento - Capitale italiana della Cultura 2025

    Original Music Composer

  22. Klaus Florian Vogt sings Mozart, Wagner, and Strauss @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025

    Original Music Composer

  23. The Fontainebleau Journey - Women's Music at the French Court

    Original Music Composer

  24. Beyond time and space : The Bridges Chamber Orchestra plays Türkmenoglu, Beethoven, and Pashasadeh

    Original Music Composer

  25. OSN: Giulio Cilona dirige il tradizionale Concerto di Natale 2025

    Original Music Composer

  26. Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2025

    Original Music Composer

  27. 2024

    Bruce Liu Ruhr Piano Festival 2024

    Original Music Composer

  28. Marc Coppey and François Dumont - Complete Beethoven Sonatas for Cello and Piano

    Original Music Composer

  29. Thomas Hengelbrock and Orchestre de chambre de Paris Paris Pantheon

    Original Music Composer

  30. Zahia Ziouani & Mourad Merzouki : Les Nouveaux Mondes

    Original Music Composer

  31. The Loneliest City on South America

    Songs

  32. Fidelio - Dutch National Opera

    Music

  33. Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity

    Music

  34. P-FACTOR Piano Musical Duels

    Original Music Composer

  35. Ion Marin conducts Beethoven With Martha Argerich

    Original Music Composer

  36. Concerto di Pasqua 2024 - OSN

    Original Music Composer

  37. 2023
  38. The Janitor

    Music Producer

  39. Delirium

    Original Music Composer

  40. 60 years of the Élysée Treaty

    Original Music Composer

  41. Thibaut Garcia: Hommage to Agustín Barrios Chapelle Corneille in Rouen

    Original Music Composer

  42. 2022

    Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex

    Music

  43. Cerukku

    Music

  44. Eu Odeio Poeira

    Music

  45. Symphony No. 5

    Music

  46. Currentzis conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 9

    Original Music Composer

  47. Hélène Grimaud, 11 September 2001 Great moments in music

    Original Music Composer

  48. 2021

    Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos

    Music

  49. Just Like Another Day

    Music

  50. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

    Original Music Composer

  51. Systam

    Music

  52. Inaugurazione Auditorium Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

    Original Music Composer

  53. Ut Musica: Il Mascagni a Livorno

    Original Music Composer

  54. Ouverture - Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

    Original Music Composer

  55. 2020

    One

    Music

  56. Friend of the World

    Songs

  57. Louis van Beethoven

    Original Music Composer

  58. Beethoven: Fidelio

    Music

  59. Just Before I Leave

    Music

  60. An Afternoon at the Cinematheque

    Music

  61. Vienna celebrates Beethoven - Philippe Jordan and the Vienna Philharmonic

    Original Music Composer

  62. New Year’s Concert 2020

    Songs

  63. Philippe Jordan Conducts Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony

    Original Music Composer

2010s

  1. 2019

    Chromophobia

    Music

  2. VICTORIA XXI

    Music

  3. Fidelio - Wiener Staatsoper

    Original Music Composer

  4. 2018

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 - Uchida, Rattle

    Music

  5. 2017

    OSN: Russell Davies e Lucchesini ospiti

    Original Music Composer

  6. 2016

    Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 3

    Music

  7. Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 2

    Music

  8. 2015

    Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 1

    Music

  9. Beethoven: Fidelio - Salzburg Festival

    Original Music Composer

  10. Beethoven Violin Concerto

    Music

  11. This is Opera

    Music

  12. Andrea Bacchetti in Concert

    Original Music Composer

  13. 2014

    Beethoven · Fidelio

    Original Music Composer

  14. Beethoven: Symphony 9 by Riccardo Muti

    Original Music Composer

  15. Leaving

    Original Music Composer

  16. 2011

    The Addams Family XXX

    Music

  17. Souvenirs of Serge

    Original Music Composer

  18. 2010

    The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer

    Music

2000s

  1. 2008

    Orchestra

    Music

  2. Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)

    Original Music Composer

  3. Pierre Fournier: Classic Archive

    Original Music Composer

  4. Fidelio - Beethoven - Opernhaus Zürich 2008

    Music

  5. 2006

    Ed's Eaten Elevenses

    Additional Soundtrack

  6. Keeping Score: Beethoven's Eroica

    Music

  7. Faqir

    Original Music Composer

  8. 2005

    Dérives

    Music

  9. Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 2005

    Original Music Composer

  10. 2004

    Three Leaders

    Original Music Composer

  11. 2003

    31 Minutos en la Teletón

    Music

  12. Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me

    Additional Soundtrack

  13. Uto Ughi - Beethoven

    Original Music Composer

  14. 2002

    Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major - Mikhail Pletnev, Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker

    Original Music Composer

  15. The Man with Green Glasses 3

    Music

  16. 2001

    The Cupboard

    Music

  17. Joy of Life

    Music

  18. 2000

1990s

  1. 1998
  2. 1996

    Christmas

    Original Music Composer

  3. 1995
  4. Christophe Coin, le musicien

    Music

  5. Welcome Home

    Music

  6. 1994
  7. 1993
  8. Oh, Woe Is Me

    Music

  9. Germany Year 90 Nine Zero

    Music

  10. 1992

    Beethoven Lives Upstairs

    Music

  11. Für Elise

    Music

  12. 1991

    Down a Moonlit Road

    Music

  13. 1990

    Red On Red

    Music

1980s

  1. 1989

    Ode to Freedom

    Music

  2. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5, op. 73

    Original Music Composer

  3. 1988

    The Power of Speech

    Music

  4. The Black Monk

    Music

  5. King Lear

    Music

  6. 1986

    Erinnerung - ein Film mit Oskar Kokoschka

    Music

  7. Tester

    Original Music Composer

  8. 1984

    Planet Parade

    Music

  9. 1983
  10. The Chosen Ones

    Music

  11. 1981

    The Nightingale

    Music

  12. Les Fiancées de l'empire

    Music

  13. 1980

    The Conductor

    Music

  14. Beethoven's Fidelio

    Original Music Composer

  15. Fidelio

    Original Music Composer

1970s

  1. 1977

    The Lorry

    Music

  2. 1976
  3. To Die... To Sleep... Perchance to Dream

    Music

  4. 1973

    Jail Bait

    Music

  5. 1972

    Eroica

    Music

  6. Space and Light

    Music

  7. 1971
  8. Play It Again, Charlie Brown

    Music

  9. Beethoven - Symphony No. 7

    Original Music Composer

  10. 1970

    Rött vin i gröna glas

    Music

  11. Beethoven: Fidelio

    Original Music Composer

1960s

  1. 1969

    Sorrows

    Music

  2. 1965

    Nights of Farewell

    Music

  3. 1961

1950s

  1. 1959

    All the Boys Are Called Patrick

    Music

  2. The Clock Stopped at Midnight

    Music

  3. 1956

    Fidelio

    Music

  4. 1952

    Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Rome

    Original Music Composer

1940s

  1. 1949

    Eroica

    Original Music Composer

  2. Dance of Fire

    Songs

  3. 1948

    Romance sin palabras

    Original Music Composer

  4. Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9

    Original Music Composer

  5. 1944

    Apasionadamente

    Original Music Composer

  6. 1943

    Sant'Elena, piccola isola

    Music

  7. 1942

    Claro de luna

    Original Music Composer

  8. 1940

1930s

  1. 1937

    The White Disease

    Music

1920s

  1. 1922

No release date

  1. In Solitude

    Sound

  2. Jakub Hrůša and Seong-Jin Cho Baden-Baden Easter Festival 2025

    Original Music Composer

  3. The Cocky Constable

    Music

  4. A Corpse in Kensington

    Songs

Other crew 15

2020s

  1. 2025

    Krety

    Compositor

  2. Soneriada

    Compositor

  3. Klaus Mäkelä and Gustavo Dudamel 10 year anniversary of the Philharmonie de Paris

    Compositor

  4. 2024

    The Loneliest City on South America

    Compositor

2010s

  1. 2010
  2. Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7; Coriolan Overture

    Compositor

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. 2008

    Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 9

    Compositor

  3. Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 5-8

    Compositor

  4. Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 1-4

    Compositor

  5. 2007

    Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5

    Compositor

  6. 2005

    Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 1, 2 & 3

    Compositor

1970s

  1. 1977

    Beethoven Symphony No. 9

    Compositor

  2. 1974

    Beethoven Piano Concertos 1-5

    Compositor

No release date

  1. Joy

    Compositor

Wrote 3

2020s

  1. 2025

    The Metropolitan Opera: Fidelio

    Writer

  2. 2020

    Grand Requiem d'après Beethoven

    Writer

2000s

  1. 2008

    Karajan - Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Author