The famous German composer, Ludwig van Beethoven, established his musical career in Vienna, Austria, but he was born in Bonn, Germany. This is not surprising considering that Vienna was a center of the musical arts in the
European continent. Nonetheless, the formative childhood years of Ludwig were spent in Bonn. His father was his first piano teacher. The ambition of his father was to develop Ludwig’s talent as a musical prodigy. Ludwig gave his first public performance in Bonn when he was just eight years old. It was his first step to worldwide fame.
Today, the
city of Bonn honors Beethoven by the yearly Beethoven Festival. The festival can actually be traced back as far as 1845. The first music festival in honor of Beethoven was three-day event that took place during the inauguration of monument on his 75th birthday. However, the modern Beethoven Festival started in 1998 when the Internationale Beethovenfeste Bonn GmbH was founded.
Since then, approximately 50 annual concert performances are rendered by
international orchestras. Quartets and soloists also perform in the annual festival. New compositions are also played in the festival.
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