This year, the Campus Project brings the top Georgian and German youth orchestras together – and »once-in-a-generation talent« Tsotne Zedginidze to Bonn!
Wed. 23.9.2026
19:30, Beethovenhalle, Studio
Campus Concert: Georgia
- Chamber Orchestra, Vocal
- € 29
Campus Project 2023 © Sophia Hegewald 
Tsotne Zedginidze © Marion Schönenberger 
Bundesjugendorchester © Selina Pfrüner 
Bundesjugendchor © Sabine Siemon
Contributors
- Members of Tbilisi Youth Orchestra
- Members of the National Youth Orchestra of Germany
- Members of Bundesjugendchor
- Singers from Georgia
- Tsotne Zedginidze composition & piano
- Benjamin Günst violin
- Lizi Ramishvili cello
- Mirian Khukhunaishvili musical director
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Chorus »Europa steht!« from Der glorreiche Augenblick op. 136, arr. by Mika Mdinaradze
Georgian Trad.
sami atas tselzed meti
Heinrich Schütz
Verleih uns Frieden genädiglich & Gib unserm Fürsten und aller Obrigkeit
Sulkhan Nassidze
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Chamber Orchestra
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Chamber Orchestra
Niko Sulkhanishvili
Chorale
Chorale
Tsotne Zedginidze
Commission for piano and chamber orchestra (premiere)
Commission for piano and chamber orchestra (premiere)
Tsotne Zedginidze
Improvisation on three Beethoven Bagatellen
Improvisation on three Beethoven Bagatellen
Ludwig van Beethoven
Finale from Fidelio, arr. by Mika Mdinaradze
The concert at a glance
What can I expect?
Pre-concert talk
18:30, Seminar Room D
DW background talk: Georgia’s cultural scene under pressure
Artists and cultural workers in Georgia are increasingly facing repression. They are using art as a means to defend their creative freedom. Yet the pressure from Russia is mounting. In a DW background discussion, correspondent Yuri Resheto and artists from Georgia describe how the cultural scene is standing up for artistic freedom, independence and democracy.
Presenter: Jochen Rosenkranz
19:00, Studio
Concert introduction
Live stream
Live stream of the event in cooperation with Deutsche Welle on beethovenfest.de/streams
Festival Salon
Opening hours: 17:00–21:00
19:00–21:00 Meet the Artist – With the artists of the after-work concert Katrīna Paula Felsberga & Lal Karaalioğlu
Description
Georgia in the cultural focus – our Campus Project 2026 invites this country’s young generation for a dynamic cooperation with young German musicians, setting an example for dialogue and openness. Members of the major youth orchestras of both nations connect Beethoven with a cross-section of Georgian musical modernism. The Campus commissioned work is being written by seventeen-year-old Tsotne Zedginidze – according to Lisa Batiashvili, a »once-in-a-generation talent«.
