Beethoven was taught to play the piano by his father when he was young. His music learning progressed rapidly. When he discovered Beethoven's musical genius, he was eager to train the little Beethoven into a music prodigy and forced him to Practice the piano for a long time. But Beethoven's real first teacher was the court music director Ni Fu (1748-1798). He was a famous composer from Leipzig. In addition to piano and organ, he also taught Beethoven composition.