Beethovenfest Bonn 2020 sides:

This year‘s programme has two points of focus predefined by the great European revolutions. The Toulouse National Orchestra (ander Tugan Sokhiev) and Les Siècles (under François-Xavier Roth) stand for the French Revolution, the Ural Philharmonic (with Boris Berezowsky) and Vladimir Tarnopolski’s ensemble for its Russian counterpart. The striking cornerstones are Étienne- Nicolas Méhul‘s ‘Coronation Mass‘ for Napoleon and Sergey Prokofiev‘s ‘Cantata for the 20th anniversary of the October Revolution‘. The revolutions in the Arab world, whose consequences are presently convulsing Europe, will find expression in music, words and dance. And revolutionary aspects join forces in Post-Modern American Dance, a co-production with the Cologne Philharmonic.

Beethovenfest Bonn 2020 events:

A festival must be many-sided, but it can also be multi-hued. In addition to concerts by such renowned conductors as Kirill Petrenko, John Eliot Gardiner, Jiří Bělohlávek and Teodor Currentzis, and in addition to such famous artists as Hilary Hahn, Frank Peter Zimmermann and the Monteverdi Choir, there will also be panel discussions, jazz, crossovers and world music, not to mention an extensive ‘outreach‘ programme. 

Venues:

The concerts take place in 25 different locations in Bonn and its rural environment: In concert halls as well as in churches, museums, former parliament buildings, historical industry sights, modern office buildings and castles.