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Concerts

06‑17‑2023

Beethoven-Haus, Bonn

Prize-winners' soirée

Musical prelude and presentation of the participants for the Telekom Beethoven...

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Beethoven-Haus

Bonngasse 22-24

53111 Bonn

The International Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn opens the 10th edition of the renowned piano competition with the Prize-Winners Soirée. The two pianists Alexei Tartakovsky and Giorgio Lazzari, who emerged as prize winners in the finals of the last competition, return to Bonn and present themselves in a joint concert in the Chamber Music Hall of the Beethoven House Bonn. They will perform a programme of works by Beethoven and Robert Schumann.

The Six Bagatelles op. 126 by Ludwig van Beethoven, interpreted at the beginning by Giorgio Lazzari, show in short, varied piano pieces the  multi-faceted forms of expression that characterized the composer in his late creative period. The following 15 Variations on a theme of his own op. 35, also known as the »Eroica Variations«, bear witness to Beethoven’s ability to present a musical theme in ever new forms, making use of various moods and tonal colors of the piano.

In the second half of the concert, Alexei Tartakovsky presents Robert Schumann’s »Ghost Variations«. They are considered a particularly emotional composition in Schumann’s late oeuvre, reflecting his psychological states on the one hand, while on the other, their technical challenges and melodic uniqueness have made them one of the most important piano works of the Romantic period. Beethoven’s 6th Symphony in Franz Liszt’s transcription played at the end of the concert is not only a technically challenging work, but also a creative interpretation that allows Liszt’s own tonal vision and understanding of Beethoven's music to be heard. Through his artistic arrangement, Liszt impressively conveys the beauty and richness of the Pastorale.

As the opening event of the 10th Edition of the Bonn Piano Competition, in addition to the music, the field of participants for the December competition will be announced for the first time during the concert. Tickets are available here.

07‑23‑2023

Wigmore Hall London, London

Filippo Gorini in London

Filippo Gorini follows an invitation to the Wigmore Hall in London! There, our 2015...

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Wigmore Hall London

London

Filippo Gorini follows an invitation to the Wigmore Hall in London! There, our 2015 prize-winner will interpret Johann Sebastian Bach's "Art of the Fugue" BWV 1080.

11‑30‑2023

Telekom Headquarters, Bonn

Welcome Concert 2023

For the opening of the Telekom Beethoven Competition, we invite our current first prize...

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Telekom Headquarters

Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140

53113 Bonn

For the opening of the Telekom Beethoven Competition, we invite our current first prize winner Hans Suh to the Welcome Concert in Bonn! As part of a musical reunion in Bonn, Hans Suh will also present himself to the new participants, who will also be introduced to him during the recital.

12‑10‑2023

Beethoven-Haus, Bonn

Prize-winners' matinée

After the grand finale and the award ceremony on 9 December, all three finalists are...

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Beethoven-Haus

Bonngasse 22-24

53111 Bonn

After the grand finale and the award ceremony on 9 December, all three finalists are invited to say their musical farewells at the newly established prize-winners' matinée: The joint matinée gives the finalists the opportunity to present a programme of their choice in the Chamber Music Hall in Beethoven's birthplace - free of jury decisions and as a lyrical, personal and intimate finale to the competition.