Name: How Germany Is Celebrating Beethoven’s 250th Birthday
Uploaded: 2020-10-24T03:10:10.000Z
Duration: 5 min 58 s
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- [Narrator] The year 2020 is the 250th anniversary

of Beethoven's birth and Germany is ready to celebrate,

but nowhere more so than his hometown of Bonn.

- [Announcer] This Great Big Story was made possible by

- Beethoven lived more than 22 years in Bonn

and it's considered one of the best visited

I'm standing in front of the Beethoven monument,

and it's the first monument dedicated to Beethoven ever,

and we're very proud to have it here in Bonn.

that his music is still relevant, is still performed,

and he would encourage us to look to the future.

- [Narrator] The city of Bonn during the day is beautiful,

in honor of Beethoven's 250th anniversary,

the city of Bonn in Germany is lighting up the night

with some installations inspired by him and his works.

- [Narrator] From sight to sound, one woman is uniting

with composers across the globe to curate and perform

250 original compositions inspired by Beethoven's work.

- Having Bonn in the focus of contemporary composers

is the best thing you could give Beethoven

In 2020, the large Beethoven anniversary will take place,

I thought of asking 250 composers all over the world

for personal commissions for piano pieces

that refer to Beethoven's music or his personality

All composers are free to do what they like.

and this is something that makes me really, really happy,

- [Narrator] The music continues outside of Bonn

with some curious self-playing instruments.

of antique self-playing mechanical music instruments

Beethoven's classical orchestral arrangements played.

- I belong to Siegfried's Mechanical Music Cabinet.

They were the first possibility to listen to music

and as an composer, to write music and have it played

Fairground organ is one of the most favorite.

The Hupfeld Phonoliszt-Violina plays six violins

Usually people don't know about these instruments anymore,

- [Narrator] And finally, two performers who celebrate

Beethoven every day by re-imagining his works

- We want to combine piano and entertainment

and make classical pieces more accessible to the audience.

We are Pianotainment, Marcel Dorn and Stephan Weh.

- Beethoven is one of the most famous composers

and he gave so much to the world with his music.

And now we live in 2020 and it's the Beethoven year.

That's a great chance to bring his work back on stage

and a bit more funny than he was himself.

The audience is amazed how we put together old Beethoven

with new styles of Latin, of samba, et cetera.

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