Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

Known for
Sound
Born
December 16, 1770
Died
March 26, 1827 (aged 56)
Birthplace
Bonn, Germany

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.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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In Solitude poster

In Solitude

Movie · Sound

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Jakub Hrůša and Seong-Jin Cho Baden-Baden Easter Festival 2025 poster

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

Movie · Original Music Composer

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The Cocky Constable poster

The Cocky Constable

Movie · Music

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Holy Shit poster

Holy Shit

Movie · Music

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A Corpse in Kensington poster

A Corpse in Kensington

Movie · Songs

2026
The Second Assignment poster

The Second Assignment

Movie · Music

2026
Joana Mallwitz @ Konzerthaus Berlin

Joana Mallwitz @ Konzerthaus Berlin

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Concerto di Pasqua 2026 - OSN poster

Concerto di Pasqua 2026 - OSN

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Fidelio - Wiener Staatsoper poster

Fidelio - Wiener Staatsoper

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Concert for Europe 2026 With the Berliner Philharmoniker poster

Concert for Europe 2026 With the Berliner Philharmoniker

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Cristian Măcelaru Conducts Beethoven and Brahms With Frank Peter Zimmermann poster

Cristian Măcelaru Conducts Beethoven and Brahms With Frank Peter Zimmermann

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Concerto Internazionale per la Pace poster

Concerto Internazionale per la Pace

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Europiano (1/2) - The finest piano concertos from across Europe poster

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

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Europiano (2/2)  - The finest piano concertos from across Europe poster

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

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Go On, Have Another One poster

Go On, Have Another One

Movie · Music

2026
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 - Lukas Sternath in Athens poster

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

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major Martha Argerich in Hamburg poster

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

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 Eric Lu in Stockholm poster

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 Eric Lu in Stockholm

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Soneriada poster

Soneriada

Movie · Sound

2025
Ohio Sonata poster

Ohio Sonata

Movie · Music

2025
ORIGAMI poster

ORIGAMI

Movie · Music

2025
Armonie di Speranza poster

Armonie di Speranza

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
NOCTURNE

NOCTURNE

Movie · Music

2025
Concerto per Agrigento - Capitale italiana della Cultura 2025 poster

Concerto per Agrigento - Capitale italiana della Cultura 2025

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Hayaller Özgürlük İster poster

Hayaller Özgürlük İster

Movie · Music

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

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

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
The Fontainebleau Journey - Women's Music at the French Court poster

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

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Beyond time and space : The Bridges Chamber Orchestra plays Türkmenoglu, Beethoven, and Pashasadeh poster

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

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Jenneba Kanneh-Mason @ Ruhr Piano Festival 2025 poster

Jenneba Kanneh-Mason @ Ruhr Piano Festival 2025

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Marc-André Hamelin @ Ruhr Piano Festival 2025 poster

Marc-André Hamelin @ Ruhr Piano Festival 2025

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
OSN: Giulio Cilona dirige il tradizionale Concerto di Natale 2025 poster

OSN: Giulio Cilona dirige il tradizionale Concerto di Natale 2025

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2025 poster

Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2025

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Gustavia, l'histoire du prince de Suède inconnu poster

Gustavia, l'histoire du prince de Suède inconnu

Movie · Music

2024
Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 - Leipzig | Paris | Milan | Vienna

Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 - Leipzig | Paris | Milan | Vienna

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
The Loneliest City on South America poster

The Loneliest City on South America

Movie · Songs

2024
Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity poster

Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity

Movie · Music

2024
Fidelio - Dutch National Opera poster

Fidelio - Dutch National Opera

Movie · Music

2024
Bruce Liu Ruhr Piano Festival 2024 poster

Bruce Liu Ruhr Piano Festival 2024

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
P-FACTOR Piano Musical Duels poster

P-FACTOR Piano Musical Duels

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Thomas Hengelbrock and Orchestre de chambre de Paris Paris Pantheon poster

Thomas Hengelbrock and Orchestre de chambre de Paris Paris Pantheon

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Ion Marin conducts Beethoven With Martha Argerich poster

Ion Marin conducts Beethoven With Martha Argerich

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Marc Coppey and François Dumont  - Complete Beethoven Sonatas for Cello and Piano poster

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

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Zahia Ziouani & Mourad Merzouki : Les Nouveaux Mondes poster

Zahia Ziouani & Mourad Merzouki : Les Nouveaux Mondes

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Concerto di Pasqua 2024 - OSN poster

Concerto di Pasqua 2024 - OSN

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Riccardo Chailly dirige la 9e de Beethoven - Scala de Milan

Riccardo Chailly dirige la 9e de Beethoven - Scala de Milan

Movie · Music

2023
The Janitor poster

The Janitor

Movie · Music Producer

2023
Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest poster

Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest

Movie · Music

2023
Delirium poster

Delirium

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Thibaut Garcia: Hommage to Agustín Barrios Chapelle Corneille in Rouen poster

Thibaut Garcia: Hommage to Agustín Barrios Chapelle Corneille in Rouen

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
60 years of the Élysée Treaty poster

60 years of the Élysée Treaty

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Symphony No. 5 poster

Symphony No. 5

Movie · Music

2022
Currentzis conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 9 poster

Currentzis conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 9

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex poster

Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex

Movie · Music

2022
Cerukku poster

Cerukku

Movie · Music

2022
Eu Odeio Poeira poster

Eu Odeio Poeira

Movie · Music

2022
Hélène Grimaud, 11 September 2001 Great moments in music poster

Hélène Grimaud, 11 September 2001 Great moments in music

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 poster

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Systam poster

Systam

Movie · Music

2021
Just Like Another Day poster

Just Like Another Day

Movie · Music

2021
Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos poster

Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos

Movie · Music

2021
RCO: Pappano conducts Beethoven & Schumann

RCO: Pappano conducts Beethoven & Schumann

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Inaugurazione Auditorium Maggio Musicale Fiorentino poster

Inaugurazione Auditorium Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Ut Musica: Il Mascagni a Livorno poster

Ut Musica: Il Mascagni a Livorno

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Ouverture - Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia poster

Ouverture - Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
New Year’s Concert 2020 poster

New Year’s Concert 2020

Movie · Songs

2020
Beethoven:  Fidelio poster

Beethoven: Fidelio

Movie · Music

2020
An Afternoon at the Cinematheque poster

An Afternoon at the Cinematheque

Movie · Music

2020
Just Before I Leave poster

Just Before I Leave

Movie · Music

2020
One poster

One

Movie · Music

2020
Louis van Beethoven poster

Louis van Beethoven

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
Vienna celebrates Beethoven - Philippe Jordan and the Vienna Philharmonic poster

Vienna celebrates Beethoven - Philippe Jordan and the Vienna Philharmonic

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
Philippe Jordan Conducts Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony poster

Philippe Jordan Conducts Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
Friend of the World poster

Friend of the World

Movie · Songs

2019
Chromophobia poster

Chromophobia

Movie · Music

2019
Belmonte poster

Belmonte

Movie · Music

2019
VICTORIA XXI poster

VICTORIA XXI

Movie · Music

2019
Pappano a Mosca con Santa Cecilia poster

Pappano a Mosca con Santa Cecilia

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
Fidelio - Wiener Staatsoper poster

Fidelio - Wiener Staatsoper

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 - Uchida, Rattle poster

Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 - Uchida, Rattle

Movie · Music

2018
The Piano Forest poster

The Piano Forest

TV · Music · 2 eps

2017
OSN: Russell Davies e Lucchesini ospiti poster

OSN: Russell Davies e Lucchesini ospiti

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Hudební perličky Pavla Šporcla

Hudební perličky Pavla Šporcla

TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep

2016
Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 2 poster

Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 2

Movie · Music

2016
Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 3 poster

Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 3

Movie · Music

2015
Beethoven: Fidelio - Salzburg Festival poster

Beethoven: Fidelio - Salzburg Festival

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
Bad Times At Conformity High

Bad Times At Conformity High

Movie · Music

2015
Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 1 poster

Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 1

Movie · Music

2015
Beethoven Violin Concerto poster

Beethoven Violin Concerto

Movie · Music

2015
Andrea Bacchetti in Concert poster

Andrea Bacchetti in Concert

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
This is Opera poster

This is Opera

TV · Music · 1 ep

2014
Beethovenova 9. symfonie – Koncert pro EU

Beethovenova 9. symfonie – Koncert pro EU

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Beethoven: Symphony 9 by Riccardo Muti poster

Beethoven: Symphony 9 by Riccardo Muti

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Leaving poster

Leaving

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Beethoven · Fidelio poster

Beethoven · Fidelio

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Your Lie in April poster

Your Lie in April

TV · Music · 2 eps

2013
Ode to Joy

Ode to Joy

Movie · Music

2011
The Addams Family XXX poster

The Addams Family XXX

Movie · Music

2011
Souvenirs of Serge poster

Souvenirs of Serge

Movie · Original Music Composer

2010
The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer poster

The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer

Movie · Music

2008
Fidelio - Beethoven - Opernhaus Zürich 2008 poster

Fidelio - Beethoven - Opernhaus Zürich 2008

Movie · Music

2008
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan) poster

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

Movie · Original Music Composer

2008
Orchestra poster

Orchestra

Movie · Music

2008
Pierre Fournier: Classic Archive poster

Pierre Fournier: Classic Archive

Movie · Original Music Composer

2006
Ed's Eaten Elevenses poster

Ed's Eaten Elevenses

Movie · Additional Soundtrack

2006
Keeping Score: Beethoven's Eroica poster

Keeping Score: Beethoven's Eroica

Movie · Music

2006
Faqir poster

Faqir

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
Dérives poster

Dérives

Movie · Music

2005
Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 2005 poster

Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 2005

Movie · Original Music Composer

2004
Three Leaders poster

Three Leaders

Movie · Original Music Composer

2003
Listening

Listening

Movie · Songs

2003
31 Minutos en la Teletón poster

31 Minutos en la Teletón

Movie · Music

2003
Uto Ughi - Beethoven poster

Uto Ughi - Beethoven

Movie · Original Music Composer

2003
Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me poster

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

Movie · Additional Soundtrack

2002
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major - Mikhail Pletnev, Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker poster

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

Movie · Original Music Composer

2002
The Man with Green Glasses 3 poster

The Man with Green Glasses 3

Movie · Music

2001
The Cupboard poster

The Cupboard

Movie · Music

2001
Joy of Life poster

Joy of Life

Movie · Music

2000
Fantasia 2000 poster

Fantasia 2000

Movie · Music

1998
Star Trek: Insurrection poster

Star Trek: Insurrection

Movie · Additional Soundtrack

1996
Christmas poster

Christmas

Movie · Original Music Composer

1995
Welcome Home poster

Welcome Home

Movie · Music

1995
Christophe Coin, le musicien poster

Christophe Coin, le musicien

Movie · Music

1995
Neon Genesis Evangelion poster

Neon Genesis Evangelion

TV · Music · 1 ep

1994
Immortal Beloved poster

Immortal Beloved

Movie · Original Music Composer

1993
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War poster

Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War

Movie · Music

1993
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero poster

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero

Movie · Music

1993
Oh, Woe Is Me poster

Oh, Woe Is Me

Movie · Music

1992
Für Elise poster

Für Elise

Movie · Music

1992
Beethoven Lives Upstairs poster

Beethoven Lives Upstairs

Movie · Music

1992
HBO First Look poster

HBO First Look

TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep

1991
Down a Moonlit Road poster

Down a Moonlit Road

Movie · Music

1990
Red On Red poster

Red On Red

Movie · Music

1989
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5, op. 73 poster

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5, op. 73

Movie · Original Music Composer

1989
Ode to Freedom poster

Ode to Freedom

Movie · Music

1988
King Lear poster

King Lear

Movie · Music

1988
The Power of Speech poster

The Power of Speech

Movie · Music

1988
The Black Monk poster

The Black Monk

Movie · Music

1986
Erinnerung - ein Film mit Oskar Kokoschka poster

Erinnerung - ein Film mit Oskar Kokoschka

Movie · Music

1986
Tester poster

Tester

Movie · Original Music Composer

1984
Samuel

Samuel

Movie · Music

1984
Planet Parade poster

Planet Parade

Movie · Music

1983
First Name: Carmen poster

First Name: Carmen

Movie · Music

1983
The Chosen Ones poster

The Chosen Ones

Movie · Music

1981
The Nightingale poster

The Nightingale

Movie · Music

1981
Allegro Con Brio

Allegro Con Brio

Movie · Music

1981
Les Fiancées de l'empire poster

Les Fiancées de l'empire

TV · Music · 6 eps

1980
The Conductor poster

The Conductor

Movie · Music

1980
Beethoven's Fidelio poster

Beethoven's Fidelio

Movie · Original Music Composer

1980
Fidelio poster

Fidelio

Movie · Original Music Composer

1977
The Lorry poster

The Lorry

Movie · Music

1977
Poslední zkouška

Poslední zkouška

Movie · Music

1976
Beethoven - Days in a Life poster

Beethoven - Days in a Life

Movie · Music

1976
To Die... To Sleep... Perchance to Dream poster

To Die... To Sleep... Perchance to Dream

Movie · Music

1973
Jail Bait poster

Jail Bait

Movie · Music

1972
Eroica poster

Eroica

Movie · Music

1972
L. van Beethoven Symfonie d moll

L. van Beethoven Symfonie d moll

Movie · Original Music Composer

1972
Space and Light poster

Space and Light

Movie · Music

1971
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 poster

Beethoven - Symphony No. 7

Movie · Original Music Composer

1971
A Clockwork Orange poster

A Clockwork Orange

Movie · Music

1971
Play It Again, Charlie Brown poster

Play It Again, Charlie Brown

Movie · Music

1970
Beethoven: Fidelio poster

Beethoven: Fidelio

Movie · Original Music Composer

1970
Rött vin i gröna glas poster

Rött vin i gröna glas

Movie · Music

1969
Sorrows poster

Sorrows

Movie · Music

1967
Symphonie Nr. 3 Es-Dur opus 55 (Eroica) von Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphonie Nr. 3 Es-Dur opus 55 (Eroica) von Ludwig van Beethoven

Movie · Sound

1965
Nights of Farewell poster

Nights of Farewell

Movie · Music

1961
Lola poster

Lola

Movie · Additional Soundtrack

1959
All the Boys Are Called Patrick poster

All the Boys Are Called Patrick

Movie · Music

1959
The Clock Stopped at Midnight poster

The Clock Stopped at Midnight

Movie · Music

1959
Fidelio

Fidelio

Movie · Original Music Composer

1956
Fidelio poster

Fidelio

Movie · Music

1952
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Rome poster

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

Movie · Original Music Composer

1949
Dance of Fire poster

Dance of Fire

Movie · Songs

1949
Eroica poster

Eroica

Movie · Original Music Composer

1948
Romance sin palabras poster

Romance sin palabras

Movie · Original Music Composer

1948
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9 poster

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

Movie · Original Music Composer

1944
Apasionadamente poster

Apasionadamente

Movie · Original Music Composer

1943
Sant'Elena, piccola isola poster

Sant'Elena, piccola isola

Movie · Music

1942
Claro de luna poster

Claro de luna

Movie · Original Music Composer

1940
Fantasia poster

Fantasia

Movie · Music

1937
The White Disease poster

The White Disease

Movie · Music

1922
Häxan poster

Häxan

Movie · Music