Upcoming Events

Beethoven Center Noontime Concert

Thursday, April 10, 2025
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
5fth floor, MLK Library, Beethoven Center

Bill Palmer (violin), Dahna Rudin (cello), and Deborah Davis (piano)

Opus 11 trio

Program:
Haydn: Piano Trio No. 39 in G Major, Hob. XV/25 "Gypsy Rondo"
Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 1 No. 1
Paul Schoenfeld: Café Music

Join us for light refreshments and desserts following the concert. The center will be open to visitors until 3pm. All are welcome.


Beethoven in Manuscript: Sources for the Late Quartets

A masterclass and lecture-performance celebrating the Beethoven Center's recent acquisition of manuscript materials relating to the Late String Quartets

Quartet manuscript

 

Saturday, April 19, 2025
Hammer Theater, 101 Paseo de San Antonio, downtown San José

10:00am to 12:00pm:
chamber music masterclass with Christopher Costanza (emeritus, St. Lawrence String Quartet)

2:00pm to 3:30pm: lecture-performance with Dr. Erica Buurman and the Juniper Quartet, including a performance of Beethoven's "Cavatina" from the String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130, and the complete String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 127

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Supported by the College of Humanities & the Arts' Artistic Excellence Programming Grant


Beethoven Center Noontime Concert

Thursday, May 1, 2025
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
5fth floor, MLK Library, Beethoven Center

A recital given by two winners of the 2025 Celia Mendez Young Pianists Beethoven Competition: Oliver Corro and Bridget Hoang

Fortepiano

Program: 

Beethoven, Piano Sonata in C Major, op. 2 no. 3 (Oliver Corro)
Beethoven, Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, op. 27 no. 1 (Bridget Hoang)

Join us for light refreshments and desserts following the concert. The center will be open to visitors until 3pm. All are welcome.