»Art wants us not to stand still.« Ludwig van Beethoven wrote this to the violinist Karl Holz. Beethoven’s openness to new ideas remains a source of inspiration for us. Beethovenfest Bonn has always drawn productive sparks from the work of this extraordinary composer. And the festival does not want to »stand still«. But innovation requires freedom, plenty of time and the courage to offer a platform to completely new, as yet untested ideas. For the first time in the festival’s history, the fellowship programme enables young artists to develop and present new, extensive music projects on site. This results in original artistic productions for Bonn and the region every year.
Beethovenfest Bonn 2024
Beethovenfest Bonn 2024
September 5 - October 3
Beethovenfest Bonn 2024 is one of the oldest and most important music festivals in Germany. Founded in 1845 by Franz Liszt in Beethoven’s birthplace, it is now an internationally recognized cultural beacon with around 80 events in Bonn and the region every year in August and September.
Under its artistic director Steven Walter, Beethovenfest is currently repositioning itself: as a festival that reaches out to all demographic groups, a festival that thinks radically contemporary and future-oriented to a living tradition, testing out the future of concert life in a variety of ways and playing a significant role in shaping it.
»All men become brothers« is the core message of the famous ode »To Joy« from Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Beethovenfest Bonn 2024 is directed towards humanity’ diversity and wants to translate Beethoven’s humanistic gesture into concrete programming: a festival of musical diversity; a coming together of the most diverse origins and identities in the common »home of music«; a celebration in which Beethoven’s work meets the diverse world of the 21st century.
