A festival for everyone with several stages throughout the city. The highlight: At the performance of Beethoven’s Ninth on the main stage on the Münsterplatz, the audience will jointly learn the »Ode to Joy« in sign language.
Sat. 7.9.
12:00, Bonn city centre
Opening Party: Clear the Stage for Beethoven
- Open Air
- Free entry
Contributors
- students and amateurs from Bonn and the region
- Bundesjugendorchester
- World Youth Choir
- Erika Colon artistic director White Hands Chorus Nippon
Programme
12:00–18:00
Free concerts with festival ensembles and young musicians from Bonn and the region on seven stages:
Münsterplatz, Friedensplatz, Remigiuskirche, Remigiusplatz, Namen Jesu Kirche, Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Festival Centre in front of the Kreuzkirche
13:00
Opening of the exhibition at Beethoven-Haus Bonn
Visible »An die Freude« (»To Joy«)
A more detailed schedule of the Opening Party will be published here.
The event at a glance
Description
Celebrate »Together«: Bonn musicians get a stage at the opening party. From piano solo and brass band to orchestra, the Beethoven successors of today put on a colourful open air concert day. At the start, everyone is invited to learn Beethoven’s »Ode to Joy« in sign language and to perform it with the Bundesjugendorchester (National Youth Orchestra of Germany) and the World Youth Choir on the Münsterplatz.
You can view the photo exhibition »Visible – ›An die Freude‹« (»Visible – ›To Joy‹«) featuring Japan’s White Hands Chorus Nippon with images by Mariko Tagashira in the foyer and in the Chamber Music Hall of the Beethoven-Haus during the opening party.
More information and schedule of the opening party wll be published here.
In cooperation with Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Musikschule Bonn and Netzwerk Ludwig van B.
Event location
Bonn city centre
Münsterplatz
53111 Bonn
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