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Gramophone Magazine praises Elisabeth Brauss, born in Hanover in 1995 and a master student of Igor Levit, for "the maturity and refinement of her thoughtful interpretations, which would be the pride of any pianist twice her age", and recognises her as one of the most promising and versatile musicians of her generation. As a BBC New Generation Artist, she has already given numerous solo, chamber and orchestral concerts throughout the UK, won prizes at many international competitions and now performs with famous orchestras worldwide. She has developed a special programme for her debut in the Chamber Music Hall, which she will also present herself.

Tähe-Lee Liiv is a rising star on the Estonian piano scene. She has performed solo concerts, chamber music evenings and as a soloist with orchestras in Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Latvia, Italy, Germany, Israel and the USA, among others. In her solo recital, she juxtaposes works by the celebrated Estonian composer Arvo Pärt with two milestones of piano literature by Beethoven and Schubert - an exciting encounter.

Since we love nature as much as Beethoven did, we invite all visitors to participate in upcycling in our beautiful courtyard. This is how rainmakers and other musical instruments as well as insect hotels are created from items that would otherwise have ended up in the rubbish.

The 'Summer of Change' is an initiative of the Federal City of Bonn in cooperation with the Bundeskunsthalle and over 30 other partners.

Further information on the Summer of Change

"My first piano teacher was my grandmother. Every year she took me to hear András Schiff's concerts, which changed my life. A decade later, I moved to Berlin to study with him at the Barenboim-Said Akademie."

Growing up on the wooden stages of Tel Aviv's major theatres, Itamar Carmeli had early success as a child actor and as a pianist in Tel Aviv's vibrant jazz scene. These enriching experiences led him to find his own creative path in music. He has established himself as a dynamic, versatile classical soloist, chamber musician and composer. Starting with Beethoven, his programme at the Klaviersommer draws an arc to his ‘legitimate successor’ Johannes Brahms, who in turn met Ernst von Dohnanyi and greatly appreciated his music.

Since we love nature as much as Beethoven did, we invite all visitors to participate in upcycling in our beautiful courtyard. This is how rainmakers and other musical instruments as well as insect hotels are created from items that would otherwise have ended up in the rubbish.

The 'Summer of Change' is an initiative of the Federal City of Bonn in cooperation with the Bundeskunsthalle and over 30 other partners.

Further information on the Summer of Change

Since we love nature as much as Beethoven did, we invite all visitors to participate in upcycling in our beautiful courtyard. This is how rainmakers and other musical instruments as well as insect hotels are created from items that would otherwise have ended up in the rubbish.

The 'Summer of Change' is an initiative of the Federal City of Bonn in cooperation with the Bundeskunsthalle and over 30 other partners.

Further information on the Summer of Change

Since we love nature as much as Beethoven did, we invite all visitors to participate in upcycling in our beautiful courtyard. This is how rainmakers and other musical instruments as well as insect hotels are created from items that would otherwise have ended up in the rubbish.

The 'Summer of Change' is an initiative of the Federal City of Bonn in cooperation with the Bundeskunsthalle and over 30 other partners.

Further information on the Summer of Change

Since we love nature as much as Beethoven did, we invite all visitors to participate in upcycling in our beautiful courtyard. This is how rainmakers and other musical instruments as well as insect hotels are created from items that would otherwise have ended up in the rubbish.

The 'Summer of Change' is an initiative of the Federal City of Bonn in cooperation with the Bundeskunsthalle and over 30 other partners.

Further information on the Summer of Change

Combining different things and making them resonate can not only be the story of a German-Turkish duo with Iranian, Arabic and Romanian roots, but also a door opener for fulfilling musical endeavours. Gülru Ensari and Herbert Schuch are pursuing their solo careers and have repeatedly taken on special projects as a duo. The arrangements of J.S. Bach's music for two pianos by György Kúrtag are just as exciting as the realisation of Ravel's 'La Valse' and Beethoven's ‘Great Fugue’. After one of the duo's concerts, none other than Alfred Brendel commented with his inimitable humour: 'They play like siblings, and I don't mean that in a negative way'.

The two Steinway grand pianos in the Beethoven-Haus are brought to life in a particularly charming way in this concert.

Since we love nature as much as Beethoven did, we invite all visitors to participate in upcycling in our beautiful courtyard. This is how rainmakers and other musical instruments as well as insect hotels are created from items that would otherwise have ended up in the rubbish.

The 'Summer of Change' is an initiative of the Federal City of Bonn in cooperation with the Bundeskunsthalle and over 30 other partners.

Further information on the Summer of Change

Since we love nature as much as Beethoven did, we invite all visitors to participate in upcycling in our beautiful courtyard. This is how rainmakers and other musical instruments as well as insect hotels are created from items that would otherwise have ended up in the rubbish.

The 'Summer of Change' is an initiative of the Federal City of Bonn in cooperation with the Bundeskunsthalle and over 30 other partners.

Further information on the Summer of Change

Since we love nature as much as Beethoven did, we invite all visitors to participate in upcycling in our beautiful courtyard. This is how rainmakers and other musical instruments as well as insect hotels are created from items that would otherwise have ended up in the rubbish.

The 'Summer of Change' is an initiative of the Federal City of Bonn in cooperation with the Bundeskunsthalle and over 30 other partners.

Further information on the Summer of Change

Please note the changed start time. Start at 7:00 pm instead of 6:00 pm.

Christoph Baumgarten (*2000 in Halle/Saale) studied composition in Weimar with Michael Obst and Ulrich Kreppein. He is currently studying in Leipzig with Fabien Lévy. He has received further inspiration from Malika Kishino, Gordon Kampe, Jay Schwartz and, as part of the Lucerne Festival, Unsuk Chin and Dieter Ammann. He is a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation. In recent years, he has composed several works for various instrumentations, which have been performed by performers such as the MDR Symphony Orchestra, the Kiel Philharmonic Orchestra, the IEMA, the Ensemble ascolta and the Ensemble Modern.
He is expected to present a composition for trumpet, violoncello and piano.

Carlotta Rabea Joachim (*1995 Ruhrgebiet) studied violin and composition (junior studies, bachelor's, master's, masterclass) in Detmold, Essen, Lucerne and Munich with Dieter Ammann and Moritz Eggert, among others. She was a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. Her works have been performed in Europe, the USA and South America, including by the Scharoun Ensemble, the Modern Art Ensemble and the National Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Prague. She wrote her first stage work Betterplazes for the Neukölln Opera. Together with the Holst-Sinfonietta, she founded the Freiburg Composition Workshop for young people. She has led various workshops in the fields of composition and music education at the Berlin University of the Arts and the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, worked as a concert and music theatre dramaturge at the Münster Theatre and taught music education at the University of Marburg.
She is expected to present a composition for violin, percussion, piano and baritone.

In co-operation with the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

Abends haben wir den Garten und das Museum für uns ganz allein und mutige Kinder ab 7 Jahren gehen auf Entdeckungsreise auf der Suche nach Schatten und Tönen aus Beethovens Zeit.

With members of the Chamber Orchestra Unter den Linden Berlin and Gustav Frielinghaus, solo violin

With members of the Chamber Orchestra Unter den Linden Berlin and Gustav Frielinghaus, solo violin

With members of the Chamber Orchestra Unter den Linden Berlin and Gustav Frielinghaus, solo violin

Since the Beethoven anniversary year 2020, the 'Jugend musiziert' competition has awarded the Hermann J. Abs Prize for the best interpretation of a work by Ludwig van Beethoven. The prize is awarded by the respective national jury. The prize includes a concert performance of the competition programme in the Chamber Music Hall. 

With the kind support of the Hermann J. Abs Foundation

What have you always wanted to know about Beethoven?

Together with you, we will focus on a special topic related to the great composer. The focus is primarily on Beethoven the man. We will introduce you to a few selected objects in the museum. In the coffee round afterwards, creative and thought-provoking impulses will stimulate discussion.

The programme is aimed at senior citizens, culture lovers, but also curious people who would like to learn and experience something. As the topics change, the round(e) can be booked as a single or multiple event.

"Dunkel war's der Mond schien helle…" Mit einem neuen Programm geistern wir wieder durch das Beethoven-Haus - natürlich im Dunkeln und nur mit einer Taschenlampe ausgestattet, auf der Suche nach Schatten und Tönen aus Beethovens Zeit.

The selection made by Artist in Residence Aaron Pilsan allows the entire spectrum of Beethoven's oeuvre to be experienced - from the elegance of the early works to the visionary darkness of the middle phase and the transcendent clarity of his late works.

The selection made by Artist in Residence Aaron Pilsan allows the entire range of Beethoven's oeuvre to be experienced - from the elegance of the early works to the visionary darkness of the middle phase and the transcendent clarity of his late works.

Olga Reznichenko began her training as a classical pianist at the age of eight, but soon discovered her passion for jazz. The young virtuoso student of Richie Beirach and Michael Wollny is now regarded as one of the most interesting figures on the current jazz scene and is making a name for herself above all with her trio. Here she combines complex harmonic and rhythmic structures with a simpler and minimalist texture and easily accessible melodies. As a soloist, she also allows her pieces to emerge from improvisation and gives space to her pure, intuitive joy of playing.

The concert will be recorded by Deutschlandfunk.

The world-famous composer Alessandro Scarlatti was a musical border crosser like almost no other Baroque composer. He left his mark on music around 1700 with furious and fiery arias, but also with fragile melodies and a complex compositional technique with daring harmonies. To mark the 300th anniversary of the composer's death, Paper Kite plays a special selection of Scarlatti's serenatas and combines the Sonata a quattro No. 1, a forerunner of the string quartet, with the Cavatina from Beethoven's String Quartet op. 130.

What have you always wanted to know about Beethoven?

Together with you, we will focus on a special topic related to the great composer. The focus is primarily on Beethoven the man. We will introduce you to a few selected objects in the museum. In the coffee round afterwards, creative and thought-provoking impulses will stimulate discussion.

The programme is aimed at senior citizens, culture lovers, but also curious people who would like to learn and experience something. As the topics change, the round(e) can be booked as a single or multiple event.

With his crystal-clear and androgynous voice, Valer Sabadus is one of the top countertenors. ‘On the wings of song’ is the title of his programme, which takes the audience on a journey through 200 years of the art of singing.

Songs and arias by Henry Purcell, Georg F. Händel, Wolfgang A. Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Gabriel Fauré, Reynaldo Hahn and others.

The career of the legendary piano duo Tal and Groethuysen, who never cease to surprise with unusual concert projects, began 40 years ago in Bonn - reason enough to celebrate their stage anniversary here with a reminiscence of the programme from back then in the first part and a new programme in the second half!

The current book 'Duo Tal & Groethuysen – Seiltänze mit zwanzig Fingern' by Michaela Fridrich is available in the Beethoven Haus shop to accompany the concert.

Fabian Müller will make up for the concert on 24 September 2024 at the Beethoven House, which he had to cancel due to illness, with an identical programme. This will conclude his eight-part concert series at the 2024 and 2025 festivals, featuring all 32 of Beethoven's piano sonatas.

In this concert, the lyrical early works of the Fourth and Ninth Piano Sonatas are juxtaposed with the philosophical dimensions of the last Piano Sonata No. 32 – once again, the astonishing range of expression in Beethoven's piano music can be experienced.

Fabian Müller not only finds his own approach to Beethoven's cosmos, but also responds to the multifaceted music as a composer: he precedes each sonata with a bagatelle that comments on it, introduces it, and goes against the grain.

'It was dark, the moon was shining brightly…' With a new programme, we are once again haunting the Beethoven-Haus – in the dark, of course, and equipped only with a torch, searching for shadows and sounds from Beethoven's time.

The duo Be-Flügelt – Andreas Güstel and Julian Eilenberger – invite you to a unique piano recital full of emotion, touching melodies and inspiring stories. Enchanting sounds, a cosy atmosphere – and a concert experience that opens hearts. Look forward to a journey through music and stories that sometimes seem unbelievable, often make you laugh and are always full of compassion. We have followed the call of our hearts – and cordially invite you to enjoy lightness, joy and wonder with us.

The award-winning string ensemble LGT Young Soloists, sponsored by the LGT Bank, Liechtenstein, is made up of highly talented young musicians aged 13 to 23 from over 20 nations. The unique concept: exceptional young musicians perform as soloists within the ensemble, accompany each other and share their passion for music. Ten of them will make the Chamber Music Hall resound in a unique way in this concert.

With the kind support of LGT Bank

Passion, precision, unprecedented expressivity and pure emotionality characterise the music-making of the Belcea Quartet, which was last heard in the Chamber Music Hall in September 2024 with an impressive masterclass on Beethoven's string quartets. Now the ensemble presents three of the most important works in this genre.

With the kind support of the Hermann J. Abs Foundation

The wild snowy landscapes that Ernst Lubitsch creates on the screen are the realm of the expressive robber's daughter in the form of the famous Pola Negri, and contrast with the ornate interiors that are home to the officer with whom she falls in love. The film's special charm lies in this alternation between tricky exterior shots and chamber-like interiors. As a grotesque, the film pokes fun at everything military.

In co-operation with the Förderverein Filmkultur Bonn e.V.

What have you always wanted to know about Beethoven?

Together with you, we will focus on a special topic related to the great composer. The focus is primarily on Beethoven the man. We will introduce you to a few selected objects in the museum. In the coffee round afterwards, creative and thought-provoking impulses will stimulate discussion.

The programme is aimed at senior citizens, culture lovers, but also curious people who would like to learn and experience something. As the topics change, the round(e) can be booked as a single or multiple event.

Three singers – three hearts beating in unison – one ensemble – one shared breath – one trio: Trio Ukraina was founded in Bonn in spring 2022 by Iryna Dusheiko (Kyiv), Yana Andrushchenko (Kyiv) and Yulia Parnes (Bonn, born in Moscow). With our songs from Ukraine, but also from Georgia, France and Italy, we combine the musical similarities of different cultures with new and unique arrangements. Our music moves and enlivens, saddens and encourages.

In cooperation with the Landesmusikrat NRW (North Rhine-Westphalia State Music Council)