Stand with Arts and Nature!

More than 250 artists around the world have joined forces. Because the world needs lots of creativity to solve its largest challenge yet.
This June 05, you can watch live streams and statements from around the world - start scrolling and discover our program.

Stand with Humanity and Nature.
Join the Beethoven Pastoral Project.

Beethoven-Jahr - Zum 250. Geburtstag: "Fidelio" in Bonn; Geburtsstadt Bonn im Rampenlicht; Ludwig van Beethoven und seine Symphonik; Die neunte Sinfonie - Werk für alle politischen Lager; Live: Der Pianist Igor Levit

Zum Auftakt des Beethovenjahres sind wir zu Gast in Bonn. In seiner Geburtsstadt steht 2020 alles im Zeichen des großen Komponisten.

Music by Beethoven as the soundtrack to street protests, torture and bloodshed? In the first staging of his opera "Fidelio" in the New Year, the Bonn Opera takes a radical course.

One week before the start of Beethoven's anniversary year, a pair of Berlin artists, “Schultze Müller”, will bring light art to the city centre. The want the installations to represent an artistic approach to the composer.

The Elektropop legends Kraftwerk play their only German concert at BTHVN2020 in Bonn's Hofgarten. 25,000 visitors are expected.

What music did Beethoven play as a youth? What saved him from suicide? "Fate" is not only in the subtitle to the Fifth Symphony — it's also the motto for this year's Beethovenfest.

Prison camp, illness, unrequited love — music that endures over decades and centuries often emerges from difficult situations. These composers turned their personal experiences into symphonies, sonatas and concertos.