John Suchet
In Search of Beethoven
Saturday 10th May 2025 4.45pm
Dumfries House, Cumnock, KA18 2NJ
John Suchet was one of the UK's best-known television journalists and newscasters, regularly presenting ITN's flagship News at Ten. In a second career he turned to classical music, writing the bestselling Beethoven: The Man Revealed.
In his latest book In Search of Beethoven, part biography, part memoir, part travelogue, Suchet draws on his own life and career as a foreign correspondent and news anchor to reveal how Beethoven’s music has accompanied him through the best and worst of times. It was with him as a music-loving and adventurous teenager, as a journalist entering Beirut in the grip of civil war and is still with him as he continues to explore the old cities of Bonn and Vienna in search of the man behind the music. His journey, both literal and symbolic, using his own experience as a Beethoven aficionado demonstrates the life-changing power of great music.
‘From palaces to warzones, John Suchet goes on a Beethoven odyssey’ The Daily Telegraph
In association with The Cumnock Tryst
Event information
4.45pm on Saturday 10th May 2025
Tickets on sale from Thursday 20th March
Dumfries House
Cumnock, KA18 2NJ
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