28.8.– 27.9. 2025

Sat. 2.9.

12:00, Bonn city centre

Opening Party: Clear the Stage for Beethoven

  • Open Air
  • Free entry

Contributors

Programme

»Clear the Stage for Beethoven« at and in various locations around Bonn city centre, 12:00–18:00 (detailed programme in the programme note for download below)

»Symphonic Mob« with the DSO Berlin, the Philharmonischer Chor Bonn and all participants
Ludwig van Beethoven: 4th movement from Symphony No. 9 (»Ode to Joy«), and more

Venues in Bonn city centre:

Spielorte in der Bonner Innenstadt: 

Marktplatz
Friedensplatz
Opernrasen
Beethoven-Haus
Remigiusplatz
Bonner Münster, Gangolfsaal

Register here for the Symphonic Mob

Description

We warmly invite you to our grand opening party! On several stages dotted around the city centre, Bonn’s young talents present a diverse programme culminating in a joint performance of Beethoven’s »Ode to Joy« with all young musicians, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Philharmonic Choir Bonn and the audience singing along.

Symphonic Mob - Participation

All interested people, regardless of age and musical training, are invited to play four pieces in a joint flash mob with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and the Philharmonic Choir Bonn in downtown Bonn, with or without instruments, including the »Ode to Joy« from Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and Grieg’s »Morning Mood«-

More details about the Symphonic Mob can be found here on our homepage.