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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.

With his late string quartets, Ludwig van Beethoven once again broke new ground at the end of his life. Anyone who plays or listens to them discovers a fascinating world of sound and expression, while at the same time being confronted with numerous questions. In a dialogue between interpretative practice and scholarship, the evening is devoted to the Quartet in E flat major, Op. 127 – a profound, humorous and deeply human work that is often unjustly overshadowed by Beethoven's other late works and was premiered exactly 201 years ago to the day.

The young Scandinavian Absalon String Quartet is currently completing a two-year master's degree in chamber music at the Robert Schumann University of Music in Düsseldorf with Prof. Eckart Runge, in whose practical seminar, together with Prof. Dr. Tobias Bleek (musicology), the work Op. 127 was studied.

In the first part of the joint event organised by the Beethoven Archive and the Düsseldorf University of Music, the work will be discussed and then performed in its entirety.

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.

An evening featuring works and words by Jewish composers from the Middle Ages to the present day.

What is Jewish music?

This question is the focus of a special concert evening that combines musical works with explanatory words. The programme covers a wide range of Sephardic and Ashkenazi musical traditions from the Middle Ages to modern compositions and well-known works of the 20th century.

Jewish culture and Jewish music have had a lasting influence on European and American music history. The internationally renowned concert guitarist Lusian Plessner originally developed this programme for the anniversary year '1700 Years of Jewish Life in Germany' (2021). Since then, it has been successfully touring and invites listeners to hear the musical traces of Jewish identity from Al-Andalus to the present day.

 An event organised by the Synagogue Community of Bonn K.d.ö.R. in cooperation with the Beethoven-Haus.

Der Internationale Beethovenpreis für Menschenrechte, Frieden, Freiheit, Armutsbekämpfung und Diversität wird getragen von der Beethoven Academy. Er wurde ins Leben gerufen vom Intendanten der Beethoven Academy Torsten Schreiber, sowie Andreas Loesch, langjähriger Präsident des Festivals junger Künstler Bayreuth, später des dortigen Kuratoriums, der ebenfalls Gesellschafter der Academy ist. Der Preis ist mit 10.000 Euro dotiert. Er wird zum 10. Mal von der bundesweit tätigen Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft Solidaris gesponsert. Die Preistrophäe gestaltet das israelische Künstlerpaar Rima Arslanov und Roy Mordechai. Oliver Sechting, Witwer von Rosa von Praunheim, wird die Preistrophäe für ihn entgegen nehmen. Die Laudatio hält Tom Tykwer.

Rosa von Praunheim hat sich sehr verdient gemacht um die Menschenrechte  - für Diversität und die Gleichberechtigung queerer Menschen. Er war Aktivist, Wegbereiter und Mitbegründer der LGTBQ-Bewegung in Deutschland. Sein Film: "Nicht der Homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die Situation, in der er lebt" von 1971 löste die Gründung zahlreicher Homosexuellen-Initiativen aus. Er gilt als Initialzündung der Schwulen- und Lesbenbewegung in Deutschland. Praunheim wurde dadurch zu einer medialen Leitfigur und Ikone der Bewegung. Mit Rosa von Praunheim wird zum ersten Mal ein Film- und Theaterregisseur mit dem Preis ausgezeichnet. Die ursprüngliche Verleihung des Beethovenpreises an ihn war für Januar 2026 geplant.

 In dem Gedenkkonzert werden spielen: der Bonner Jungpianist Colin Pütz, die Panflötistin Hannah Schlubeck, der international gefeierte Countertenor Nils Wanderer sowie die Pianistinnen Doriana Tchakarova und Ani-Ter Martirosyan. Sven Lehmann, Vorsitzender des Ausschusses für Kultur und Medien des Deutschen Bundestages, wird den Preisträger ebenfalls ehren.

'It was dark, the moon was shining brightly…' With a new programme, we once again haunt 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 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.