28.8.– 27.9. 2025

Sat. 20.12.2025

14:00, Beethovenhalle

Open House Day

  • Participation, Orchestra

  • Free entry

  • Access regulated according to on-site capacity
  • Beethovenhalle © Beethovenfest Bonn
    Beethovenhalle © Beethovenfest Bonn
  • Cameron Carpenter © Dovile Sermokas
    Cameron Carpenter © Dovile Sermokas
  • Dirk Kaftan & Beethoven Orchester Bonn © Thomas Frey
    Dirk Kaftan & Beethoven Orchester Bonn © Thomas Frey
  • Juri de Marco © Nekame Klasohm
    Juri de Marco © Nekame Klasohm
  • Momi Maiga © Patrick Essex
    Momi Maiga © Patrick Essex
  • Elsa Artmann © Patrick Essex
    Elsa Artmann © Patrick Essex
  • Martha Bijlsma © Patrick Essex
    Martha Bijlsma © Patrick Essex

Access from 14:00

Programme

Great Hall: Opening | Sing along concert | Organ impro
14:40, Great Hall

Opening

15:00–16:00, Great Hall

Sing along concert

16:15–17:15, Great Hall

Organ improvisation

Cameron Carpenter organ

Improvisation

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 552

Improvisation on classic christmas songs

Studio: Beethovenfest Fellows | Beethoven Orchester Bonn
14:00–14:30, Studio

Elsa Artmann & Annie Bloch

Elsa Artmann dance
Annie Bloch synthesizer

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»Too Strong For Too Long«

16:15–16:45, Studio

Kana Sugimura & Martha Bijlsma

Kana Sugimura violin
Martha Bijlsma cello

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Reinhold Glière
Excerpts from Eight Duos for Violin and Cello, op. 39 

Gideon Klein
Lento from Duo for Violin and Cello 

Pēteris Vasks 
»Pianissimo« from »Grāmata Čellam«

Arthur Honegger
Allegro from Sonatine for Violin and Cello in E Minor, H.80

Maurice Ravel
Très Vif from Sonata for Violin and Cello

17:15–17:45, Studio

Momi Maiga

19:00, Studio

Beethoven’s Fifth

Small Smokers’ Foyer: Solo variations – Beethovenfest Talents
14:00–18:30, Small Smokers’ Foyer

Solo variations

14:00–14:20

1st prize winner Telekom Beethoven Competition 2025 piano

16:10–16:30

Matteo Cimatti violin 

16:40–17:00

Josefa Schmidt piano

17:10–17:30

Jonathan Leibovitz clarinet

17:40–18:00

Aaron Schröer cello

18:10–18:30

Anouchka Hack cello
Lal Karaalioğlu piano

Chamber Music Hall: Chamber music – Beethovenfest Talents
14:00–18:30, Chamber Music Hall

Chamber music

Jonathan Leibovitz clarinet
Matteo Cimatti violin
Aaron Schröer cello
Anouchka Hack cello
1st prize winner Telekom Beethoven Competition 2025 piano
Josefa Schmidt piano
Lal Karaalioğlu piano

Seminar room: Participate
14:00–14:30, Seminar room

Soundpainting workshop

Community Music

Juri de Marco community musician

With hand signals as conducting, music arises from the moment – no prior knowledge necessary.

15:00–15:30, Seminar room

Song text workshop

Community Music

PORTAL – Plattform Orchester und Theater für Alle of Theatre Bonn
Juliane Fehn & Max Kelm

Ideas and wishes for the Beethovenhalle Bonn spontaneously give rise to your own song lyrics – no prior knowledge necessary.

16:00–16:30, Seminar room

Song writing workshop

Community Music

PORTAL – Plattform Orchester und Theater für Alle of Theatre Bonn
Juliane Fehn & Max Kelm

Using simple tools, you can create your own melody for lyrics from the previous group – no prior knowledge is necessary.

17:00–17:30, Seminar room

Sing along workshop

Community Music

Juri de Marco community musician

Together with the Beethovenfest Community Choir from Tannenbusch, we will sing well-known songs – no prior knowledge necessary.

Foyer stage: Chill out
From 18:45, foyer stage

Beats & sounds – chill out

kordz piano & electronics

Various foyers: Food & drink

The restaurant in the Beethovenhalle Cantos provides catering services in the foyers.

Description

The Beethovenhalle is being transformed into a new home for music in Bonn. Beethovenfest aims to make this musical venue open and accessible to all, and is curating an open day with free admission on 20 December, together with the operating company BonnCC and the Beethoven Orchester Bonn.

Doors open in the early afternoon, giving visitors the chance to explore the newly renovated Beethovenhalle musically. The programme will begin with an improvisation on the Klais organ in the main hall. Musicians from Beethovenfest Talents and Beethovenfest Fellows will perform in the foyers, studios, and seminar rooms, taking it in turns. Beethovenfest Community Musician Juri de Marco invites you to a sing-along concert with the Beethoven Orchester Bonn. In the evening, the opening of the new studio in the Beethovenhalle, made possible by Sparkasse KölnBonn, will be celebrated. This newly designed concert hall has up to 500 seats. The Beethoven Orchester Bonn will perform Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, conducted by Dirk Kaftan.

In addition, community musicians from Beethovenfest and Theatre Bonn offer participatory activities for the whole family. The new Cantos restaurant will be providing refreshments.

The 2025 Open House at the Beethovenhalle Bonn is sponsored by Sparkasse KölnBonn.