Christopher O'Riley Recital Saturday April 17, 2010 8:00 p.m
Congratulations to the Winners of the Young Pianist's Beethoven Competition! Hugo Kitano Theodora Martin Alex Y. Wang Finalists for the Young Pianist's Beethoven Competition: Jade Huang (Granite Bay) Hugo Kitano (San Francisco) Crystal Liu (Palo Alto) Theodora Martin (San Jose) Mai Mizuno (Campbell) Alex Y. Wang (Fremont) Allison Hwang (Fremont) was unable to participate in the finals due to injury. Honorable Mentions: Vien Xuan Nguyen (Redwood City) Jessie Li Wang (Irvine) Amanda Zerbe (Woodside) Taras Dreszer (Santa Cruz) Clara Yunjoo Lee (Santa Barbara) Stephanie Wang (Cupertino) Amy Wann (Piedmont) Past Years' Participants and Winners
Beethoven Birthday Bash December 12, 2009, 11:30 - 6:00 p.m. Beethoven Birthday Bash and Open House. Beethoven Center, King Library We will also be screening the film, In Search of Beethoven. Ticket Information December 2009 Special Saturdays Every December, on a Saturday afternoon in the middle of the month, the Center celebrates Beethoven's birthday with an open house, refreshments, and a short concert or lecture. We welcome Beethoven enthusiasts of all ages to join us! FREE.
First Wednesdays Lectures November 4, 2009, 7:00 p.m. Davitt Moroney, University of California, Berkeley. "The Pope, the Emperor, and the Grand Duke: The Rediscovery of a Musical Masterpiece from Renaissance Florence." First Wednesday's Lecture Series. King Library, Schiro Program
First Wednesdays Lecture	“First Wednesdays” Lecture and Performance Series Davitt Moroney, Professor, University of California, Berkeley “The Pope, the Emperor and the Grand Duke: The Rediscovery of a Musical Masterpiece from Renaissance Florence: Alessandro Striggio's Great Mass in Forty and Sixty Parts” more info here

Third Annual Sparkling Musicale
October 25, 2009, 4:00-6:30 p.m.
Featured winners of the 2009 Young Pianist's Beethoven Competition

Schulz's Beethoven, Schroeder's Muse
May 1 2009 through July 31, 2009

Why Beethoven? Charles Schulz said that he chose Beethoven as Schroeder’s favorite composer because B-words are simply funnier—yet when asked, Schulz replied that Brahms was his favorite composer. Maybe Schulz was remembering when, as a young teenager, he would sit on the porch of best friend Shermy’s home and listen to Shermy’s mother play Beethoven pieces on the piano.

Whatever the impetus, Schulz painstakingly copied musical scores, note by note, for his now-famous Beethoven strips. The music was transcribed with such accuracy that musicians are able to play the pieces directly from the Peanuts strips!

In this exhibition, visitors will be able to view Beethoven-themed strips while listening to the music that Schulz transcribed into his panels. The exhibition will also feature Schulz’s reference books on classical music; personal letters he wrote about his growing appreciation of the genre; original Beethoven manuscripts, scores, and first editions; paintings and a bust of Beethoven; and a fortepiano, the kind that would have been used in the early 19th century.

American Beethoven Society Third Biennial Convention July 9 - 11, 2009
Download the 2009 Program (pdf).

Preview of Carmen April 7, 2009, noon.
Opera San Jose, King Library, Schiro Room 550.

Le Petit Trianon. Leipzig String Quartet March 6, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Presented by the San Jose Chamber Music Society, performs Beethoven's String Quartet in A Minor, Opus 132, and works by Mendelssohn and Isaac. Pre-concert lecture by Bill Meredith at 7:15 p.m. For tickets contact the SJCMS.

Annual Young Pianist's Beethoven Competition with Angela Hewitt, master teacher. February 28, 2009
23rd Competition: 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; Masterclass: 2:00-4:00 p.m. Concert Hall, Music Building, San Jose State University.
download PDF of 2009 Competition Brochure

Angela Hewitt, pianist February 27, 2009, 8:00 p.m.

Preview of Cosi fan tutte January 27, 2009, noon.
Opera San Jose King Library, Schiro Room 550.

"Keyboard Evolution" January 24, 2009, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Lecture/demonstration by Eric Siverson. King Library, Beethoven Center, Room 580. $10. Presented by the Kurosawa Piano Music Foundation in conjunction with the School of Music & Dance as part of the 2nd International Piano Music Festival. For a full schedule of the weekend events (Jan. 24-25), visit: kpmff.org