Do you admire the music of Ludwig van Beethoven? Here you’ll find a complete overview of all the 2027 Prague Spring Festival concerts at which his music will be performed.
The centrepiece will be the aforementioned complete cycle of Beethoven’s nine symphonies performed by the Bamberg Symphony, but his music will also feature prominently in the programmes of Prague Spring’s 2027 Artist-in-Residence, pianist Igor Levit. American violinist Joshua Bell will return to the festival after twenty-four years to perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, while the festival will also conclude with Beethoven’s music: the monumental Missa solemnis, performed by the Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK, the Slovak Philharmonic Choir, four international soloists and conductor Tomáš Netopil. The festival will also dedicate the SpringTEEN project for young audiences to Beethoven, and on 31 May, his music will quite literally ‘wander’ among the exhibits in the Museum of Transportation, a hall of the National Technical Museum, during a ecital by bassoonist Michaela Špačková.
- 17/5 Hrůša & Bamberger Symphoniker: Beethoven 1, 2 & 3
- 18/5 Hrůša & Bamberger Symphoniker: Beethoven 4 & 5
- 19/5 Hrůša & Bamberger Symphoniker: Beethoven 6 & 7
- 20/5 Levit & Capuçon & Hagen
- 21/5 Levit & Fischer & Czech Philharmonic
- 22/5 Levit – Beethoven Sonatas
- 25/5 Hrůša & Bamberger Symphoniker: Beethoven 8 & 9
- 30/5 SpringTEEN: And what does Beethoven say to this?
- 30/5 Joshua Bell & Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
- 31/5 Beethoven Among the Aeroplanes
- 2/6 Closing Concert
Beethoven pass
For ticket holders attending concerts featuring Beethoven’s music, the festival has also introduced the Prague Spring Beethoven Pass. Under the banner 9 Symphonies – 9 Benefits, it offers concertgoers opportunities to venture beyond the concert hall and discover experiences highlighting the composer’s connections with the Czech lands. Visitors can, for example, spend four nights in Beethoven’s room at the Teplice Spa, where the composer wrote the famous letter to his “Immortal Beloved”; view the manuscripts of his Third, Fourth and Fifth Symphonies in the art collections of the Lobkowicz Palace at Prague Castle; or sample wines from the cellars in Roudnice, which Ludwig van Beethoven himself probably enjoyed during his visits to Bohemia. International visitors can take advantage of special accommodation offers at Prague Spring’s partner hotels during the festival. You can find information on all the benefits of the Prague Spring Beethoven Pass via this link.
