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
- Sold Out
- € 29
Mirian Khukhunaishvili & Tsotne Zedginidze © Jasper Techel 
Members of Bundesjugendchor © Jasper Techel 
Tsotne Zedginidze © Jasper Techel 
Das Campus-Ensemble 2026 © private
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
- Marija Tamkevičiūtė harpsichord
- Mirian Khukhunaishvili musical director
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
VII. Allegro from String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, op. 131, arr. for strings
Niko Sulkhanishvili
Daigvianes
Heinrich Schütz
Verleih uns Frieden genädiglich & Gib unserm Fürsten und aller Obrigkeit
Sulkhan Nassidze
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Chamber Orchestra
Niko Sulkhanishvili
Chorale
Tsotne Zedginidze
Chmebi: Georgian Fantasia for Piano and Chamber Orchestra (premiere, commissioned by Beethovenfest Bonn)
Tsotne Zedginidze
Improvisation on three Beethoven Bagatellen
Ludwig van Beethoven
Chorus »Europa steht!« from Der glorreiche Augenblick op. 136/Georgian Trad.: »sami atas tselzed meti«, arr. by Mika Mdinaradze
Georgian Trad.
Mravalzhamieri
The concert at a glance
What can I expect?
Pre-concert events
18:30, South Foyer
Democracy under pressure? The situation for cultural and media professionals in Georgia: panel discussion
Georgia has been in a politically and socially polarised environment for years. Independent and critical media are under pressure, whilst the spread of disinformation and influence campaigns is on the rise. Against this backdrop, Deutsche Welle launched a new Georgian-language journalism service on Instagram in August. Georgian cultural figures are also reporting increasing repression: criticism is being punished, in some cases even with imprisonment. Our guests will discuss how the situation for cultural and media professionals in Georgia is developing. The discussion will be moderated by Jochen Rosenkranz, Head of Culture & Sports at DW.
19:00, Studio
Concert introduction with Dr. Alexander Jakobidze-Gitman
Live stream
The concert will be broadcast live on Deutsche Welle's YouTube channel, DW Classical Music, and can be found online at beethovenfest.de/streams.
Festival Salon
Opening hours: 17:00–23:00
19:00–21:00 Meet the Artist – with 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«.
