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Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of piano music and experience an unforgettable evening with the compositions of two musical giants: Ludwig van Beethoven and Frédéric Chopin. Tigran Sargsyan's interpretation combines technical precision with emotional depth and invites the audience to be enchanted by the power and magic of these pieces. A special opportunity for connoisseurs and lovers of classical piano music - and for anyone who wants to be moved by the unique combination of melody and emotion.

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.

With kind support of Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz.

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 project funded by the Mainz Academy of Sciences and Literature, 'Beethoven's Workshop. Genetic Text Criticism and Digital Music Edition', funded by the Mainz Academy of Sciences and Literature, has produced a digital sketchbook edition for the first time. This reconstruction and edition of the so-called 'Notirungsbuch K', the main part of which is in the possession of the Beethoven-Haus Bonn, contains sketches for the Ninth Symphony and the Diabelli Variations.

The basic research project, which has been based at the Beethoven-Haus and the Detmold/Paderborn Musicology Seminar since 2014, has developed specific digital tools and visualisation techniques to make Beethoven's compositional working methods accessible. The current 4th research module shows in a fascinating way how Beethoven prepared his works through extensive sketching work in order to finally realise them in scores. The Bonn-Detmold research team will present its conceptual considerations and the results of its work, which are not only intended for the specialist faculty, but also provide insights into creative processes that bring us a little closer to the composer.

Following the presentation, the research team will answer project-related questions from the audience.

With her Bach interpretations, which radiate from within and are always natural and never artificial, Angela Hewitt delights critics and listeners alike. Her recordings have set standards in the history of interpretation. In 2020, Angela Hewitt was the first woman to be awarded the Bach Medal of the City of Leipzig. However, her range extends far beyond this, as she will demonstrate with her varied recital programme.

With the kind support of the Hermann J. Abs Foundation

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.

With kind support of Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz.

Vivalis Project presents music from the animated films of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, including 'My Neighbour Totoro' ‘Castle in the Sky', 'Spirited Away', 'Princess Mononoke', 'Howl's Moving Castle' and 'Kiki's Delivery Service', The well-known soundtracks are performed in delicate chamber music arrangements for piano, violin, cello and percussion, opening up a world of wonder and fantasy for all generations. Vivalis Project brings together international musicians in carefully curated programmes and sees itself as a 'third place' – a space full of inspiration and emotion that you will want to return to again and again.

Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Béla Bartók, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Duke Ellington, Carlos Gardel, Astor Piazzolla, George Gershwin, Omar Massa and others.

With the kind support of the DHL Group

With the kind support of the Hermann J. Abs Foundation

Music by Nadia and Lili Boulanger

With the kind support of the Hermann J. Abs Foundation

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.

With kind support of Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz.

The heart of classical music, Mozart and Beethoven: the most classical of all chamber concert programmes of the season presents weightless music from imperial Vienna during the gallant era. Night-time music par excellence, giving us a glimpse of how high society was pampered by musicians who still seem to us today to be the greatest... But light music is not only found in the 18th century: even in the Romantic period and the turmoil of the early 20th century, there are works that remind us of southern evenings and gatherings among friends. We accompany the works of Mozart and Beethoven with two little string quartet gems with a Mediterranean flair. This is light-hearted and profound entertainment at its best!

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.

With kind support of Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz.

The four musicians from Berlin regularly receive the highest praise for their lively, fiery and unusual performances. The string quartets by Mozart, Shostakovich and Grieg are performed in a new way, as the quartet plays from memory and attaches great importance to an unconventional stage presentation.

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.

With kind support of Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz.

The BEETHOVEN RING 2025 from BÜRGER FÜR BEETHOVEN (Citizens for Beethoven) will be awarded to German cellist Anouchka Hack, born in Antwerp in 1996, announced chairman Stephan Eisel:

"Anouchka Hack impresses her listeners with her narrative diversity of sound and musical expressiveness. At the recent Beethovenfest, she gave a convincing performance of Beethoven's Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 102/1, which she performed together with her sister, pianist Katharina Hack. Both have also underlined their connection to Ludwig van Beethoven with their latest CD, 'Alle Menschen werden Schwestern' (All People Become Sisters)."

The Beethoven Ring was awarded in a vote by the 1,700 members of BÜRGER FÜR BEETHOVEN (Citizens for Beethoven) to one of the three youngest soloists at the Beethovenfest who performed a work by Beethoven.

Few works enjoy such popularity as Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons'. The artistic skills that the soloist can demonstrate, in harmony with Vivaldi's pictorial musical language, reflect the natural events, weather phenomena and moods of the individual seasons throughout the year. Composed around 300 years ago, much has certainly changed - not least as a result of climate change. Astor Piazzolla, founder of the ‘Tango nuevo’ and one of South America's most important composers, focuses on people's lives in his version of the seasons, the ‘Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas’ (the ‘Four Seasons of Buenos Aires’).

The Hamburg Stage Ensemble is made up of young, highly qualified instrumentalists who together pursue the vision of not only playing music, but also communicating it. The joy of playing together takes centre stage. The small ensemble and the conscious decision not to have a conductor means that the audience can participate directly in the concert.

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.

With kind support of Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz.

Cristian Sandrin's latest programme is inspired by Prospero's speech in Shakespeare's play ‘The Tempest’, in which he reflects on the transience of life: “We are such stuff as dreams are made on”.

It was a concept that appealed to composers seeking to cast off the structural conventions and emotional constraints of the Classical period in favour of Romanticism – that revolutionary movement in music which began in the late 18th century. Cristian Sandrin’s concert features piano sonatas by three pioneers of Romanticism: Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, in a rousing musical celebration of colour and drama, intimacy and elemental fire.

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.

With kind support of Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz.

The special prize in the form of a concert engagement, which is awarded by the Beethoven-Haus in memory of the great violinist and honorary president as part of the renowned Joseph Joachim Competition in Hanover, went this time to the young British violinist Louisa Staples.

Ein Konzert des Vivalis Project, gewidmet der Musik herausragender zeitgenössischer Komponisten.

Das Publikum erlebt Werke von Ludovico Einaudi, Hans Zimmer, Ólafur Arnalds, Max Richter, Philip Glass, Yann Tiersen und Nils Frahm – Komponisten, die zu Symbolen der Neo-Klassik geworden sind und deren Musik in Filmen, Serien und auf bedeutenden Bühnen weltweit erklingt. Klavier, Violine und Violoncello eröffnen eine eigene Welt der Melodien, in der sich Minimalismus mit großer emotionaler Kraft verbindet.

Vivalis Project präsentiert Konzerte mit internationalen Musikerinnen und Musikern und versteht sich als "dritter Ort" – ein Raum voller Inspiration und Emotionen, an den man immer wieder gerne zurückkehrt.

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.