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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.

The Avin Trio, winner of multiple awards at the German Music Competition 2024, offers interesting insights into the genre of piano trios in the programme 'Alte (Un)bekannte'.

Supported by the German Music Council's concert funding programme German Music Competition and GVL

The Pablo Held Trio has been shaping the European jazz scene for two decades. The trio is known for its intuitive interaction and fearless joy of playing. Their concerts are full of surprises, always in the field of tension between composition and improvisation. Audiences, the specialised press and jazz greats are equally fascinated. In 2026, the trio will celebrate its 20th anniversary with several tours, inviting special guests to play with them. In our concert, it is the wonderful American saxophonist Chris Potter. With his technical brilliance, harmonic sophistication and relentless pursuit of innovation, Potter has earned a reputation as one of the most influential voices in contemporary jazz. His remarkable career spans decades, and his contributions to the art form inspire musicians and listeners alike.

The Beethoven27 project by Jan Caeyers and Kit Armstrong with the moderated performance of 27 key works by Beethoven in 27 European cities will be continued after the Bonn launch last year with a programme focusing on the 'Eroica'.

Donations to: https://missionsiret.de/

With the kind support of the Hermann J. Abs Foundation

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

Join us on a musical journey to the Beethoven House. We will explore the museum and play lively songs and famous Beethoven melodies on the ukulele. Of course, the beloved 'Elise' cannot be left out. We will also do crafts, chat and sing.

The versatile violinist Ragnhild Hemsing is deeply connected to the rich folk tradition of her native Norway. She combines elements of Norwegian folk music and classical music in a youthful and fresh way with her Hardanger fiddle.

‘Foreign Masters’: Migrants from all over Europe shaped the incomparably rich music scene of London, the cultural capital of the 18th century. Max Volbers, winner of the 2023 OPUS KLASSIK award for Young Artist of the Year, and Alexander von Heißen, winner of the 2022 Bach Competition, bring a particularly dazzling facet of the music metropolis to life.

Handel from Halle was the most influential English composer, his opera arias were pop on the island. Under Handel's baton, the Italian oboist Sammartini made a name for himself in the orchestra; his compositions were considered original and fiery. Alessandro Scarlatti's ‘Pyrrhus and Demetrius’ was the second most successful opera in the kingdom. Corelli and Alberti, who never set foot on English soil, were made stars by resourceful music publishers in the cosmopolitan city. At the same time, the recorder became fashionable as the ‘gentleman's flute’, the instrument of wealthy amateurs and connoisseurs who performed for guests in private circles. Jacques Paisible/James Pesible, one of the greatest recorder players of the time, also helped his instrument to reach new heights in England.

It was musical migration, then, that gave English music its immensely rich heritage!

Works by George Frideric Handel, Arcangelo Corelli, Giuseppe Sammartini, Giuseppe Alberti, Johann Pepusch and others.

With the kind support of the German Music Council

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.

The two musicians Richard Siedhoff and Mykyta Sierov elicit the wildest sounds, noises and melodies from their instruments and, in a playful exchange with the (young) audience, make it possible to experience how live music and silent film interact. The almost 100-year-old films captivate with timeless humour: slapstick stars Anita Garvey and Marion Bryon try to buy a delicious ice cream in A PAIR OF TIGHTS, ALICE'S DAY AT SEA features a real girl and a dog as well as the first drawn and animated elements, and Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are very musical in YOU'RE DARN TOOTIN'.

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

To mark the release of their third CD featuring works for oboe and piano, Philippe Tondre, winner of the Beethoven-Ring Prize, and Danae Dörken are once again performing a concert for the Citizens for Beethoven and the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn.

Das Hermes-Quartett, benannt in Anlehnung an den berühmten Boten aus der griechischen Mythologie, schöpft seine musikalische Kraft aus seiner Rolle als Vermittler zwischen dem Text des Komponisten und der Sensibilität des Publikums. Besonderen Verdienst hat sich das Quartett mit der Wiederentdeckung der Werke der französischen Komponistin Charlotte Sohy erworben.

The duo concert by artist in residence Aaron Pilsan with cellist Alexey Stadler on the occasion of the anniversary of Beethoven's death is not only a meeting of two instruments, but also a lively dialogue between two voices that carry Beethoven's spirit forward.

Conversation concert in collaboration with the Bürger für Beethoven.

The duo concert by artist in residence Aaron Pilsan with cellist Alexey Stadler to mark the anniversary of Beethoven's death is not just an encounter between two instruments, but also a lively dialogue between two voices that carry Beethoven's spirit forward.

Conversation concert in collaboration with the Bürger für Beethoven

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.

Two exceptional musicians of their generation come together in a programme of rare expressive intensity. Giuseppe Gibboni, winner of the 56th Premio Paganini in Genoa, impresses with his stupendous technique, emotional depth and interpretative maturity that far exceeds his age. Arsenii Moon, winner of the 64th Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition and recipient of the Benedetti-Michelangeli Prize, is considered a 'sound magician' who ‘conveys genuine empathy and a unique sense of poetry in music' (Dallas Magazine). Together, they devote themselves to a finely balanced programme ranging from Alexey Shor's lyrical Violin Sonata No. 1 to the F.A.E. Sonata, composed jointly by Dietrich, Brahms and Schumann, to Rachmaninoff's dreamy Vocalise, culminating in a dramatic finale with Prokofiev's First Violin Sonata.

An evening of virtuosity and intimacy, precision and passion – between sound and poetry.

'Fairy Tales and Legends' - Artist in Residence Aaron Pilsan opens up a new world of sound with intimate colours and unexpected perspectives in the interplay of piano with oboe and viola and, in the spirit of Beethoven, shows himself to be curious about chamber music, experimental, honest and deeply human.