Beethoven is 250 years old

Famous German composer Beethoven's 250th birthday celebrations started in Bonn, the city where the artist was born. The events will last a year throughout Germany. Beethoven is a German pianist and composer who contributed greatly to the transition from the classical to the romantic era and is considered one of the most famous and influential composers ever. Fidelio is one of his most well-known works, with 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, 32 piano sonata, 16 string quartets and the only opera he wrote in his lifetime. Born in Bonn, Germany, Beethoven, whose talent for music was noticed by his father and first music teacher Johann van Beethoven, later continued his studies with composer and conductor Christian Gottlob Neefe, settled in Vienna at the age of 21 and He worked with Joseph Haydn there, and at the same time gained fame as a virtuoso pianist, he lived in Vienna until his death. By his late twenties, he began to have hearing problems and was almost completely deaf in his late life. In 1811, he stopped conducting and giving public concerts at the age of 41, but continued to compose. He composed his most appreciated works in the last 15 years of his life.