Beethoven-Haus Bonn: place of birth will be converted

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The most visited a music Museum in Germany closes its gates in front of the big Beethoven year to be renovated. It opens in time for the big anniversary in 2020, the casts its shadow

The inconspicuous facade of the Beethoven-Haus can be easily overlooked. Eye the groups of tourists who gather, sometimes in front of it fall. For many visitors, it is a moving Moment, to walk over the squeaky floorboards, and kicking, literally, in Ludwig van Beethoven’s footsteps. So, for some, a small shower is likely to run over the back, when he looks into the cordoned-off birth room, whose single exhibit is a Beethoven bust.

The Beethoven house is now being closed up in the late summer. The permanent exhibition is thoroughly revised, premises and facility expanded. Sure, the floorboards of the “birth room not to be” more quiet, when the first visitors walk again.

Museum Director Nicole Kämpken to the front of the room, where the legend, Beethoven was born

Bonn the anniversary challenge

Actually, there is no evidence that Ludwig van Beethoven in that tiny chamber on or around the 16. December 1770 was born. As well as the date of birth are only guesses.

The building is very well preserved and features the most important Beethoven archive in the world, in the Museum of precious objects from the life of the composer, and many of the musical documents. With the renovation, the Beethoven-Haus dressing up for the anniversary program to be presented in early March at the International tourism exchange (ITB) and now in advance in Bonn, was presented.

Guestbook entry of a Japanese visitor at the Beethoven-Haus

It is only a small piece in the mosaic of actions around the celebration of Beethoven’s 250. Birthday. To celebrate this anniversary, according to the German Federal President and the Federal Parliament, a “national task”. The money comes primarily from the Federal government (1.5 million euros), by the state of NRW (750,000 euros) and 900,000 euros from the Foundation of the Beethoven-Haus.

The program offers many superlatives

Among the highlights of the anniversary programme, the expansion of the “BTHVN-week” from one to four weeks with a total of 16 concerts. The entire chamber will be performed music of Ludwig van Beethoven. The form of presentation according to the artistic Director, Tabea Zimmermann, “unprecedented” and “pure luxury”: At each concert evening changing ensemble will present Beethoven’s works in a sophisticated set-up, which makes the Connections between the works clear. It is the Pianist Alexander Melnikov, the Cellist Jean making music under other-Guihen Queras, the violinist Isabelle Faust, the Novus and the Belcea Quartet, Quatour Ébène, and Zimmermann himself, a renowned violist.

The Beethoven-house is reminiscent of the great composer Beethoven

Seven free days between the 20. March and 9. October 2020, the Russian Pianist Evgeni Koroliov plays all 32 of Beethoven’s piano sonatas. The following respective Saturdays all other Solo sounded then-and-piano works of the Bonn composer. Special attraction: a performance by the pianist Mitsuko Uchida at the 6. March 2020, which then interprets the Diabelli variations.

From March to November, six musicians under the title “My Beethoven to be set to” selected works of the composer of their own selection of works. Including the Star-Violinist Daniel Hope, the pianist Martin Stadtfeld and Andras Schiff, the Artemis Quartet, and the composer and Jazz-Pianist Uri Caine.

In the framework of a five-day Congress in February 2020, the world-famous Beethoven will exchange specialists the results of their research and points of view.

Emotional Access

In the coming months, the visitor flows are deflected in the chamber music hall of the Beethoven house, there are temporarily some of the Museum exhibits. The permanent exhibition opened again in the late summer of 2019 in the small rooms of the historic Beethoven-house under a new concept. Instead of the objects along the linear, chronological Beethoven-show biography, dedicated to the individual rooms various topics relating to Beethoven, his life and his Work. Instead of pure information transfer, Böcker, Director of the Beethovenh-house, painted an emotional access to the composer.

The Beethoven house from the yard seen

16. December 2020 – just in time to the beginning of the Beethoven year are then opened in the extended premises of the Beethoven house. A Museum shop, an area for temporary exhibitions, a seminar room, a cafe area and a treasure trove of Original manuscripts that can be shown in the monument protected areas. Then the great Beethoven anniversary party.