Singer Roberto Blanco, has called on the Mayor of Vienna to exhume Beethoven’s body for a racial DNA test according to a report by Classic FM. The request is the latest in an over century old debate about the ethnicity of the German-born classical music giant. Beethoven died in Vienna in 1827, and Blanco addresses the city’s Mayor in a public YouTube video. He states his reasoning for the ask... 

Oxford University is considering proposals to have sheet music scrapped from its curriculum over claims that teaching the Western form of musical notation has roots in ‘colonialism’ and is ‘complicit in white supremacy’. Professors at the University are set to reform their music courses to move away from the classic repertoire, which includes the likes of Beethoven and Mozart, in the wake... 

Beethoven was not black. But, because of the woke times we live in, the famous composer’s race is still hotly debated. What a way to mark his 250th birthday. This is black-washing and cultural appropriation at its finest. Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday passed on Thursday, and the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels celebrated the iconic composer’s in truly modern fashion: by exhibiting artist...