Classical Destinations

Exploring the places that shaped the German composer Bach, from his birth in Eisenach to the courts in Weimar.

Ludwig van Beethoven spent most of his life in Vienna, though he was born in Bonn, then a small provincial town; early deafness robbed him of a performing career, but his world-shattering achievements as a composer changed music forever.

Edvard Grieg, like Chopin, was not afraid to express a new sense of national identity in his art; Grieg's music breathes the air of Norway, illustrating the northern nation's landscape, climate and folklore.

Europe as revealed through the music of classical composers who lived there.

Warsaw and Paris are the cities at the heart of Frédéric Chopin's world; he was one of the first great piano virtuosos, and his piano music helped usher in a new romantic spirit across all the arts.