Batiste re-imagines Beethoven compositions in his new album. It's "not that the original wasn't great and transcendent..." he ...

The Early Quartets, the final installment in the Calidore String Quartet's award-winning full Beethoven cycle.

Beethoven was famously a great improviser. What do you think he would have made of the reverence with which his music is most often presented, as if it were a museum piece not to be altered?

Jon Batiste scores his first No. 1 on Billboard's Classical Albums chart, as his new project, Beethoven Blues, debuts atop ...

NPR's Eric Deggans speaks with musician and composer Jon Batiste about his new album, "Beethoven Blues," in which he riffs on ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Batiste’s latest album is a return to his classical music roots — on his terms. Hear him improvise on some of Beethoven’s classics. Credit... Supported by By Javier C.