Beethoven hearing started to fail him in his 20’s. So how could he have written such fulfilling music without hearing it? What was the impact on his music?

Join Andy Bromberger for this fascinating lecture as she discusses the significant mental, physical and creative effects of going deaf on a composer of Beethoven’s stature, including suicidal thoughts and difficult interpersonal relationships. The conversation will delve into Beethoven’s Conversation Books and Heiligenstadt Testament, which respectively reveal mechanisms for living with deafness and expressing despair.