BTHVN2020: gearing up for Beethoven's 250th birthday

Celebration of Beethoven's 250th Birthday in Vienna

Retrace the footsteps of Ludwig van Beethoven (born December 16, 1770, Bonn – died March 26, 1827, Vienna) in Vienna. At the age of 16, he travels from Bonn to Vienna for the first time to study under Mozart. Having barely arrived in the city, he has to leave again to hold vigil at his mother’s deathbed. Aged 22, he returns to Vienna as a student of Haydn (Mozart has since died), this time staying for good.

Discover the Beethoven Museum, his former residences, memorial sites, the places that witnessed his greatest triumphs and crushing lows, Gustav Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze, statues, burial sites, and even a cozy Beethoven Heuriger wine tavern.

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In the Secession - the art nouveau museum you can see the Beethoven Frieze, created by Gustav Klimt in 1902

Music Events:

Fidelio // Vienna State Opera (Wiener Staatsoper)

Fidelio, Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera, received no less than three world premieres. The third version, which is performed at the Wiener Staatsoper, was first performed in 1814 at the Kärntnertortheater. Beethoven's Fidelio musically resembles a "Singspiel" while also showing heroic traits, the finale culminating in a jubilant apotheosis glorifying the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity. In his Fidelio, Beethoven manifests his vision that the belief, love, and hope of an individual can have great impacts - and even cause political systems to totter.

Wed. 22 Apr 2020

Sat. 25 Apr 2020

Tue. 28 Apr 2020

Sat. 02 May 2020

Festival of Joy - free concert on Heldenplatz May 08th 2020

Festival of Joy with the Wiener Symphoniker

75-year commemoration of the end of the Second World War, excerpts from "Fidelio"

(May 8, 2020, open-air on Heldenplatz) FREE ENTRANCE

Wiener Konzerthaus - Grosser Saal

Wiener Konzerthaus

• Performance of all Beethoven string quartets•

• Full performance of all Beethoven symphonies (conductor Teodor Currentzis)•

• Beethoven's Ninth at New Year and New Year's Eve (Wiener Symphoniker, January 1 and December 31, 2020)•

• Reconstruction of the "Grand Beethoven Academy" of 1808 (Wiener Symphoniker, January 11, 2020)•

• "Best of Beethoven" (Wiener Symphoniker, June 5 and 7, 2020)

Simultankonzert Bonn - Wien

The Beethoven Orchester Bonn and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra play together. A unique open-air concert with public viewing and a live bridge that connects the two Beethoven cities (May 15, 2020)

Resound Beethoven

• The cycle "Resound Beethoven" by Martin Haselböck and his Wiener Akademie orchestra leads the audience to the premier venues. Performed on historical instruments (original sound). Planned performance venues: Palais Niederösterreich, Musikverein (March 10, May 12, December 1, 2020), Academy of Sciences.•

• Under the title "Resound Beethoven", a full recording of all symphonies and piano concerts by Beethoven played on historic instruments will be released by Outhere Music/Alpha Classics by 2020.

Vienna State Opera

Beethoven's "Fidelio" is on the program in almost every season. A Beethoven surprise is announced for 2020.

Exhibitions

House of Music:

In addition to the permanent Beethoven exhibition:

•Sound installation "Inside Beethoven! - The walk-in ensemble" (June, July 2020)•Two special exhibitions on Beethoven•Around June 15, 2020 for "20 years of the House of Music": Classical concerts, "Beethoven Path" through the entire museum, "Virtual conductor" new ...

Austrian National Library

Special exhibition "Beethoven" in the Grand Hall with original letters and manuscripts, including the Ninth Symphony, violin concerto (spring 2020)

Theater Museum

•A Beethoven project to suit the rooms in Palais Lobkowitz is planned (May to October).

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