Concerts

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.

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 piano recital brimming with emotion and musical depth. Sebastian Lingnau not only performs the pieces with great feeling, but also guides the audience through the concert with engaging commentary. The programme features works by Bach, Beethoven, Schumann and Chopin, amongst others.

Sebastian Lingnau studied under Prof. Yvonne Lang and Prof. Benjamin Moser at the Lucerne School of Music. International masterclasses with Prof. Sheila Arnold, Prof. Markus Bellheim, Prof. Benjamin Moser and Andreas Haefliger complemented his training. As a pianist, Sebastian Lingnau has performed in competitions and concerts in Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland.

A Christmas experience for the whole family:
To mark Beethoven's baptism day on 17 December, violinist and President of the Beethoven-Haus Daniel Hope will guide the audience through a magical programme filled with music and Christmas-themed texts. The programme will feature cheerful and festive pieces as well as enchanting and contemplative ones – the perfect way to get into the spirit of the approaching Christmas season! Featuring accordion star Martynas Levickis, soprano Tanja Christine Kuhn and the Belgrade Chamber Orchestra under its music director Daniel Geiss.

With kind support:
Sparkasse KölnBonn
Deutsche Telekom

The two pianist brothers, Lucas & Arthur Jussen, certainly have a sense of humour. And plenty of talent! For over ten years, they have been delighting audiences as a piano duo with their light-as-a-feather playing, their joy in making music and their engaging manner. The most difficult passages seem effortless under their fingers, their sound so homogeneous that they appear to be a single person. In their recital, the brothers draw on the full breadth of their repertoire and its rich variety: delicate sounds in Johann Sebastian Bach's chorale arrangements and children's pieces by Gabriel Fauré, powerful virtuosity in Brahms and Lutosławski, rhythmically intricate and jazzy sounds in Hanna Kulenty's 'VAN …' and in Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. A perfect programme for a perfect evening!

Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Gabriel Fauré, Johannes Brahms, Witold Lutosławski, Hanna Kulentys and George Gershwin.

With the kind support of:
Deutsche Telekom

'I love surprising people!' And people love her for it: Anna Lapwood bears little resemblance to the traditional image of an organist. Millions of people tune in to her Midnight Sessions from the Royal Albert Hall and celebrate her videos on TikTok or Instagram, where she talks enthusiastically about the seemingly limitless possibilities and pitfalls of her instrument. Pirates of the Caribbean on the organ? No problem for the petite British musician, who also makes it clear in her videos just what artistic feats are involved in organ playing – feats that normally take place hidden away in the organ loft. We are absolutely thrilled to be able to experience this exceptional musician live at the Beethovenhalle in Bonn!

With the kind support of:
Deutsche Telekom

The spectacular season finale of the new concert series at the Beethovenhalle, featuring Lang Lang on piano and Andris Nelsons conducting, presents two of the great master's most famous works: the heroic Fifth Piano Concerto and the Sixth Symphony, known as the 'Pastoral', the manuscript of which is held at the Beethoven-Haus. In 120 minutes of concert music, the full genius of Beethoven's art is on display: the magnificent symphonist who raised programme music to new heights with thunder, lightning and pastoral idylls, and the musician-philosopher who transformed his own real-life experiences of war and revolution into a timeless soundscape, thereby creating one of the most outstanding solo concertos for pianists.

With the kind support of:
DHL Group
Deutsche Telekom