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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.

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 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.

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.

Horn player Hanxuan Liang is one of the most prominent horn players of his generation. His international concert career has already taken him to major venues such as the BBC Proms and the Lucerne Festival. His recent successes include a sold-out recital at the renowned Shanghai Concert Hall and the release of his award-winning debut CD, 'DEBUT'. His recital in Fort Collins, Colorado, marked his brilliant US debut. Hanxuan Liang has worked with leading conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Bernard Haitink, Sir Simon Rattle and Sir Mark Elder.

He is accompanied by Japanese-born pianist Ryo Yamanishi. The winner of numerous national and international competitions – including first prize at the 6th International Lake Constance Music Competition – now works as an academic assistant for accompaniment at the Freiburg University of Music.

Together, the two musicians take their audience on a fascinating journey through the ages – an evening that combines tradition and modernity: virtuosic, poetic and surprising.

The youngest participant in the Telekom Beethoven Competition 2025, 19-year-old Hungarian pianist Ildikó Rozsonits, won the prize by an overwhelming majority in the audience vote during the semi-final and expressed her gratitude with a solo recital in the Chamber Music Hall.

Ildikó Rozsonits was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 2006 and began studying piano at the age of five. At the age of ten, she was accepted into the school for exceptionally talented young musicians at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. Her professors are Dr Gábor Farkas and Attila Némethy. Since 2020, she has been regularly attending masterclasses with Professor Philippe Raskin in Vienna. She has won 17 first prizes at international piano competitions in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Czechia, Russia, Belgium, France, Spain, Romania and Hungary. She is the 2020 winner of the TV classical talent show Virtuosos V4+, received third prize at the renowned international Concertino Praga competition in Czechia in 2021, and won third prize at the International Franz Liszt Competition in Weimar, Germany, in 2023. She won 1st prize  at competitions such as the 15th International EPTA Belgium Competition in Brussels, the 2nd International Carl Maria von Weber Competition in Dresden and the International Geneve Musicale Competition in Switzerland.

The programme will be announced at a later date.

In cooperation with the Telekom Beethoven Competition

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.

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.

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.