Events
AMERICAN BEETHOVEN SOCIETY EVENTS
From concerts and competitions to lectures, master classes, festivals, and some pretty amazing
birthday parties, there’s always something exciting going on!
Masterclass with Eric Zivian
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies
Following the competition final, the three winners will be invited to participate in a workshop at the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, led by fortepianist Eric Zivian (co-founder and artistic director, Valley of the Moon Festival). The participants will make use of the Beethoven Center’s historic keyboard collection and will be coached on historically informed approaches to performing Beethoven’s piano music.
Click here for flyer and application form
Deadline for entries: Friday February 23, 2024
38th Annual Celia Mendez Young Pianists Beethoven Competition
Saturday, March 30, 2024
Competition
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
San José State University Concert Hall
Music Building, SJSU Main Campus, CA 95192
Beethoven Center Noontime Concerts
April 4, 2024
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
San Jose State University, Concert Hall
Music Building, SJSU Main Campus
Free admission
Tamami Honma and Daniel Glover (pianos) and John Gerling (timpani/percussion)
Beethoven, Symphony no. 9 (arr. Franz Liszt)
Each of the Beethoven Center’s Noontime Concerts features a short lecture and performance followed by an informal coffee reception.
Beethoven Ball
April 27, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
San José Woman’s Club, 75th South 11th Street
Come and dance the waltzes and contradances of the early nineteenth century Viennese ballroom to the music of Beethoven and his contemporaries. Featuring the SJSU Collegium Musicum directed by Gordon Haramaki, and dance performances by vintage dance groups Dance Through Time and The Academy of Danse Libre.
Joan Walton will teach the dances ahead of the ball in an afternoon workshop at the same venue from 3-5pm.
Supported by a College of H&A Artistic Excellence Programming Grant and the American Beethoven Society