Musical Youth Projects
the International Beethoven Festival
in Bonn
workshops
open-air stages
Music Theatre
-class chamber music
Sing, Sing for all!
artists in schools
schools in the concert
a network between young and old ,
between amateurs and professionals
a citizens' movement for young people
and ...
enjoy!
- a dynamic network of numerous schools and cultural institutions
- classical music, the young man smitten
- flute violin meets meets meets piano song ... - A platform for musical encounters beyond their own school
- creative musical theater at a high level
- 100% utilization - our audience has us the way!
- annual opening of the Beethoven Festival with over 1000 pupils on stages throughout the city
- musical coaching for outstanding ensemble work
- encounters with major artists of the Beethoven Festival
- new worlds of experience with classical music for young people
- workshops and Master classes
- over 100 dedicated music educators and other arts professionals who participate voluntarily
A network for classical music (and those that may be)
in Bonn
WHY?
in all major cities of the world tour - Bonn has good reason to be such a - is a growing recognition that musical interest - should it go beyond the commercial media services - education efforts are necessary. An attractive concert offer is no longer enough, in particular to reach a young audience .
There is already Wettbwerb - not only with the glut of electronic entertainment media, but also with leisure activities, in which sophisticated culture can not claim on their own.
A well-maintained for centuries around the world culture, the "Classic", was and is the climax of a musical and spiritual power with which the was founded international reputation of Germany as a cultural nation . It is still standard in a unique cultural landscape, also new, experimental and challenging artistic approaches gives weight.
The careful and committed musical and spiritual education of the young talent Ludwig van Beethoven in Bonn, we must be committed to, today introduce young people to cultural values, their sensation wealth and ideas through "beautiful to ignite spark of divinity ".
the outstanding opportunity to use in this city Beethoven as representatives of a cultural identity, has been detected. , in particular by young people they are satisfied with life .
a decent concert hall for Beethoven is all the more in the world emit can, as we show not only a young audience, but also a good intellectual and artistic education in our city, especially in connection with the Beethoven Festival can.
The fundamentals are good: Bonn has a number of outstanding institutions , which also transport and especially the fine arts: the music, the Beethoven Competition, the Beethoven House and theater, museum and educational concert Points. Through a network of cooperation between schools and cultural institutions, young people with challenging culture and their high profile institutions are familiar.
There is already Wettbwerb - not only with the glut of electronic entertainment media, but also with leisure activities, in which sophisticated culture can not claim on their own.
A well-maintained for centuries around the world culture, the "Classic", was and is the climax of a musical and spiritual power with which the was founded international reputation of Germany as a cultural nation . It is still standard in a unique cultural landscape, also new, experimental and challenging artistic approaches gives weight.
The careful and committed musical and spiritual education of the young talent Ludwig van Beethoven in Bonn, we must be committed to, today introduce young people to cultural values, their sensation wealth and ideas through "beautiful to ignite spark of divinity ".
the outstanding opportunity to use in this city Beethoven as representatives of a cultural identity, has been detected. , in particular by young people they are satisfied with life .
a decent concert hall for Beethoven is all the more in the world emit can, as we show not only a young audience, but also a good intellectual and artistic education in our city, especially in connection with the Beethoven Festival can.
The fundamentals are good: Bonn has a number of outstanding institutions , which also transport and especially the fine arts: the music, the Beethoven Competition, the Beethoven House and theater, museum and educational concert Points. Through a network of cooperation between schools and cultural institutions, young people with challenging culture and their high profile institutions are familiar.
Solveig Palm has built 2004-2008 independently in their work for Beethoven Bonnensis (Citizens for Beethoven eV) and from 2009 this network. Here were d ie above entities with each other and especially with the Bonn schools networked in a way which brought together many (several thousand!) Musically talented and interested young people, interests and talents promoted has awakened.
about previous Activities is also now with the new platform, "Immortal Beloved" an open network for schools, cultural institutions, associations and committed individuals were, the more professional the existing youth work and would like to further develop the achieved quality and quantity.
In the future, arriving there more out
- develop cooperation among themselves,
- reach to maintain a large number of young people with different formats and
- the influence of the city of Beethoven and the Beethoven Festival as disseminate "young" city of culture on the regional interest also.
The developed network acts as a mediator , motor and initiator.
culture as a challenge:
perception of music is perception of emotional states. Make music and enjoy calls to give feelings room.
A misunderstood claim of "coolness" leads many young people to oppression, brutalization and denial of feelings. Endure violence, some exercise and it is considered "cool".
music appealing contrast to the sensitivity of the individual for himself or others.
A centuries-long tradition of music has grown mapped infinite number of facets of emotions. In the embodiment of our cultural life should continue to be available. It is not about historical knowledge. Their content focuses instead on emotion differentiation, sensitivity, self-perception, on the exact Learning and perception of own and other feelings.
brings a fundamentally interdisciplinary approach " Ludwig van B." students and students from different schools and different disciplines into contact with each other. Subjects such as music, German, history, philosophy and art are affected in their most important ideas when students are encouraged to come to terms with Beethoven and the Classical era in general.
Starting from classical to innovative questions will be developed independently as possible, make the relations between tradition and today's thinking and feeling alive. Different cultural eras and aesthetic approaches are based on Beethoven's artistic, human and political commitment to fully illuminate relationship.
through collaborative projects with the Beethoven Festival in particular international and intercultural encounters should be encouraged.
addition to active involvement with music and other arts will be stimulated by supporting events and to participate in events at the Beethoven Festival. Thus, an enthusiastic and interested audience for tomorrow are obtained.
"Immortal Beloved" promotes not only the fine arts as an intellectual knowledge, but maintain the refinement and differentiation of emotions and common experiences and turns strongly against the tendency of brutalization, social indifference and insensitivity of young people.
way:
Very many of the participating young people come from families with migration background. And many of them have a strong awareness of the importance of the Western cultural tradition!
The program structure
forms a part, from the enormous quantitative expansion of juvenile Musizierkultur in Bonn and its surroundings, try the other but also the special talents of an appropriate platform and to provide incentives for further development. Of students self-developed themes, among the agreed priority projects. There are major projects that present several hundred playing instruments, but also intimate types of events that try to be special interests. Workshops and master classes, business part of the gifted, and partly to the general public. Besides the emphasis on classical music are also popular music and pop into account. The formats are optimized for continuous development and their interests, opportunities and objectives.
active involved making music at the Beethoven Festival in 2008, about 1500 students. A further 2,000 were added as listeners to call special workshop events concerts and artists visits to schools. The investment in 2009 was of this magnitude.
program structure and format (click here)
