Google Doodle honouring the great Ludwig van Beethoven this 2105.

Sure it is fascinating—your life, how you battled your own condition so much so that you became a world famous classical icon, how much energy you poured into your work…

Definitely amazing.

A prodigy such as you certainly deserves a fete, and now is the time that you be recognised through a Google Doodle which basically means that you still touch lives in this digital age, where digital natives listen to your music not through a turntable but via a simple mouse click away to play .mp3, .ogg, .wma files of your prestigious, prolific masterpieces. Oh and don’t forget Spotify, that music streaming portal that once caught the ire of Taylor Swift (you definitely have never heard of her; she’s a best selling artist in today’s modern age). You’re all over the place there.

Not to mention that Nodame Cantabile created by Japanese mangaka Tomoko Ninomiya did immortalise your symphonies and shorter pieces in her work that eventually gained recognition in the form of an anime series, a live action series, and two movies. It was through Nodame that I came to have a love affair with you (uh, that was awkward).

So, dear Ludwig van Beethoven, happy 245th year to you. Kampai.