Imagine you're one of the most brilliant composers of all time and at a relatively young age of 27 your hearing gets worse and worse. Your life is built upon the sound of music and now it's taken away from you. What a tragedy!

Beethoven, stubborn as he was, never gave up (despite initial thoughts on suicide) and even completed some of his most outstanding work while being completely deaf. What a genius!

Never give up - and play with passion!

Op.9 No.2 D365

Beautiful little walz by Franz Schubert which is just absolutely lovely. Enjoy!

Wanna hear a funny story? 

It is said that Beethoven always wanted 10 eggs to his breadsoup on fastday. And when served the raw eggs for his soup he made a fuss and was checking them vigorously. Holding them up against the sun, smelling them, looking for cracks - and if he didn't like them - well - listen to the video :) 

Did you know that Beethoven sometimes looked so scruffy that one time he was mistaken for a vagabond and taken into custody by the police? :)

After the missed opportunity of studying with Mozart (see previous video) another door opened for the young Ludwig van Beethoven.

This is the start of a series of videos dedicated to unveiling Beethoven's life. We will go through his major steps in life and see what we can learn from him.

and what to learn from them.

Can classical music be humorous? 

HOW DARE YOU!