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You are cordially invited to join us on an exciting journey through the world of keyboard instruments. We will discover how pianos and organs work, how they are built and, of course, how they sound. Can you guess which instrument was Beethoven's favourite? You can find out here at our museum.
Participation fee €88
Sibling discount
Registration until 17 October
at museum@beethoven.de or 0228/98175 25
You are cordially invited to join us on an exciting journey through the world of keyboard instruments. We will discover how pianos and organs work, how they are built and, of course, how they sound. Can you guess which instrument was Beethoven's favourite? You can find out here at our museum.
Participation fee €88
Sibling discount
Registration until 17 October
at museum@beethoven.de or 0228/98175 25
You are cordially invited to join us on an exciting journey through the world of keyboard instruments. We will discover how pianos and organs work, how they are built and, of course, how they sound. Can you guess which instrument was Beethoven's favourite? You can find out here at our museum.
Participation fee €88
Sibling discount
Registration until 17 October
at museum@beethoven.de or 0228/98175 25
You are cordially invited to join us on an exciting journey through the world of keyboard instruments. We will discover how pianos and organs work, how they are built and, of course, how they sound. Can you guess which instrument was Beethoven's favourite? You can find out here at our museum.
Participation fee €88
Sibling discount
Registration until 17 October
at museum@beethoven.de or 0228/98175 25
- Takahiko Sakamaki, fortepiano
A unique series of concerts in the Beethoven House Museum brings the historical keyboard instruments from the museum's collection to life. Listeners can experience the sound ideals of Beethoven's time at first hand and learn about the special features of the instruments as the pianists explain them.
The concerts last around 40 minutes and take place in the museum's music room. The room is not air-conditioned.
Concert tickets at a price of € 8 (plus admission to the museum) are available at the shop ticket office (always from the Monday before the event). This offer is aimed at individual visitors to the museum.
- Olga Reznichenko, piano
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.
- Ensemble Paper Kite
- Antonio De Sarlo, violine I
- Zsuzsanna Czentnár, violine II (guest)
- Rafael Roth, violine II, viola
- Guillermo Turina, cello
- Felix Schönherr, harpsirchord
- Marie Heeschen, soprano
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.
- Péter Köcsky, fortepiano
A unique series of concerts in the Beethoven House Museum brings the historical keyboard instruments from the museum's collection to life. Listeners can experience the sound ideals of Beethoven's time at first hand and learn about the special features of the instruments as the pianists explain them.
The concerts last around 40 minutes and take place in the museum's music room. The room is not air-conditioned.
Concert tickets at a price of € 8 (plus admission to the museum) are available at the shop ticket office (always from the Monday before the event). This offer is aimed at individual visitors to the museum.
- Sergei Babayan, piano
Sergei Babayan's SONGS programme is a poetic journey on the piano through the vocal music of different eras – each piece sounds like a song without words. Inspired by masterpieces from the vocal repertoire, Babayan has put together a colourful mosaic of transcriptions for this evening – from Liszt and Rachmaninoff to his own arrangements.
The first part features Schubert songs in virtuoso arrangements by Liszt, romances by Schumann, Liszt and Rachmaninoff, and sensitive transcriptions by Ponce, Kreisler and Volodos. The second part is devoted to lyrical miniatures by Mompou, Sibelius, Komitas, Poulenc, Gershwin and others – including transcriptions by Babayan himself. He transforms vocal gems such as Grieg's 'Ein Traum' and Fauré's 'Au bord de l'eau' into deeply felt pianistic monologues.
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.
Registration required: 0228 98175-25, museum@beethoven.de
Voluntary cost contribution
- Bonner Saxophon-Ensemble
The Bonn Saxophone Ensemble is once again dedicating a concert to the inventor of the saxophone, Adolphe Sax, on the occasion of his birthday on 6 November.
The programme, entitled 'Around the world with the saxophone', will feature musical contributions from many countries around the globe.
The concert is being held in cooperation with Bonn Adult Education Centre.
- Takahiko Sakamaki, fortepiano
A unique series of concerts in the Beethoven House Museum brings the historical keyboard instruments from the museum's collection to life. Listeners can experience the sound ideals of Beethoven's time at first hand and learn about the special features of the instruments as the pianists explain them.
The concerts last around 40 minutes and take place in the museum's music room. The room is not air-conditioned.
Concert tickets at a price of € 8 (plus admission to the museum) are available at the shop ticket office (always from the Monday before the event). This offer is aimed at individual visitors to the museum.
- Valer Sabadus, countertenor
- Akemi Murakami, piano
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.
- Michiaki Ueno, violoncello
- Péter Köcsky, fortepiano
A unique series of concerts in the Beethoven House Museum brings the historical keyboard instruments from the museum's collection to life. Listeners can experience the sound ideals of Beethoven's time at first hand and learn about the special features of the instruments as the pianists explain them.
The concerts last around 40 minutes and take place in the museum's music room. The room is not air-conditioned.
Concert tickets at a price of € 8 (plus admission to the museum) are available at the shop ticket office (always from the Monday before the event). This offer is aimed at individual visitors to the museum.
- Duo Tal und Groethuysen
- Yaara Tal, piano
- Andreas Groethuysen, piano
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!
- Franz Schubert, Allegro a-Moll D 947 "Lebensstürme" für Klavier zu vier Händen
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonate F-Dur KV 497 für Klavier zu vier Händen
- Johann Sebastian Bach, 6. Brandenburgisches Konzert BWV 1051
- Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude und Fuge für Orgel in Es-Dur BWV 552 in der Fassung für zwei Klaviere
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Fantasie c-Moll KV 475 in der Fassung für zwei Klaviere von Edvard Grieg
'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.
Participation fee: €17, sibling discount available.
Registration required at museum@beethoven.de
- Maria Baptist, piano
The pianist and composer Maria Baptist is a crossover artist between musical worlds. Her music fuses jazz and classical music to create a new sound experience. She has presented her award-winning works on the world's major stages - from the Berlin Philharmonie to the Elbphilharmonie, from New York to Hong Kong - and documented them on 17 albums. Acclaimed by the press as ‘masterful’ and 'virtuoso' for her solo piano recitals, Maria Baptist designs her concerts as a flowing, dramaturgically thought-out process in which composition and improvisation seamlessly intertwine. Each concert thus becomes a unique, constantly changing sound space. With 'The Solo Works', Maria Baptist unfolds a musical narrative in which new works and selected pieces from her repertoire are organically combined - including her piano cycle 'Hopes & Fears', which was nominated for the German Record Critics' Award.
- Klavierduo Be-Flügelt
- Andreas Güstel, piano
- Julian Eilenberger, piano
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.
- Mariia Kurtynina, fortepiano
A unique series of concerts in the Beethoven House Museum brings the historical keyboard instruments from the museum's collection to life. Listeners can experience the sound ideals of Beethoven's time at first hand and learn about the special features of the instruments as the pianists explain them.
The concerts last around 40 minutes and take place in the museum's music room. The room is not air-conditioned.
Concert tickets at a price of € 8 (plus admission to the museum) are available at the shop ticket office (always from the Monday before the event). This offer is aimed at individual visitors to the museum.
- Klavierduo Be-Flügelt
- Andreas Güstel, piano
- Julian Eilenberger, piano
The duo Be-Flügelt - Andreas Güstel and Julian Eilenberger - invites you to a unique piano recital full of emotions, 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 the marvellous with us.
- LGT Young Soloists
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
- Samuel Barber, Adagio for Strings
- Philip Glass, Sinfonie Nr. 14 "The Liechtenstein Suite"
- Astor Piazzolla, Die vier Jahreszeiten von Buenos Aires
- Belcea Quartett
- Corina Belcea, violin
- Suyeon Kang, violin
- Krzysztof Chorzelski, viola
- Antoine Lederlin, violoncello
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
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Streichquartett Nr. 19 KV 465 "Dissonanzen"
- Benjamin Britten, Streichquartett Nr. 2 op. 36
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Streichquartett Nr. 16 op. 135
- Camilla Köhnken, fortepiano
A unique series of concerts in the Beethoven House Museum brings the historical keyboard instruments from the museum's collection to life. Listeners can experience the sound ideals of Beethoven's time at first hand and learn about the special features of the instruments as the pianists explain them.
The concerts last around 40 minutes and take place in the museum's music room. The room is not air-conditioned.
Concert tickets at a price of € 8 (plus admission to the museum) are available at the shop ticket office (always from the Monday before the event). This offer is aimed at individual visitors to the museum.
- Aljoscha Zimmermann Ensemble
- Sabrina Zimmermann, violine
- Mark Pogolski, piano
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.
- Ernst Lubitsch, Die Bergkatze, DE 1921
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.
Registration required: 0228 98175-25, museum@beethoven.de
Voluntary cost contribution
- Eva Maria Thiébau, Flöte
- Stanislav Zhukovskyy, flute
- Hans-Joachim Mohrmann, clarinet
- Geoffrey Winter, horn
- Thomas Ludes, bassoon
- Mattia Riva, double bass
- Cosmin Boeru, piano
Entertaining and colourful stories will be told at Monday Concert 1 at the Beethoven House: stories in music, performed by a powerful and dazzling ensemble of wind instruments, double bass and piano. We travel with Fazıl Say to a small Anatolian village, observe the crowds on the boulevards of Paris with Francis Poulenc and Jean Françaix (including pin-up girls and ageing beauties...), and bring our loved ones a morning serenade as a Spanish jester!
- Maurice Ravel, Alborada del gracioso
- Fazil Say, Alevi Dedeler rakı masasında – Quintett für Bläser op. 35
- Francis Poulenc, Sextett für Klavier und Bläser
- Jean Françaix, L’heure du Berger für Bläserquintett und Klavier