Upcoming Events
Noon Concert
Thursday, November 5
The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies
Performers: Hasan Abualhaj (cello) and Yunyi Ji (harpsichord and fortepiano)
Program: "Baroque to Beethoven,鈥� with cello sonatas by Domenico Gabrielli, Savatore Lanzetti, and Beethoven
All concerts take place at 12:00 and are followed by an informal coffee reception and open-house. These concerts are free to attend.
The series is made possible by generous support from the Davis Family Foundation.
Noon Concert
Thursday, December 3
The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies
Performers: Catherine Cosbey (violin) and Dorian Bandy (violin/viola)
Program: 鈥淢ozart in the Miniature,鈥� with Mozart鈥檚 Duos for Violin and Viola K. 423 and K. 424, and excerpts from La Clemenza di Tito arr. Johann Christian Stumpf
All concerts take place at 12:00 and are followed by an informal coffee reception and open-house. These concerts are free to attend.
The series is made possible by generous support from the Davis Family Foundation.
Beethoven Birthday Bash
Saturday, December 12, 2026 from 1 pm - 4 pm
The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies
Join us as we celebrate Beethoven鈥檚 256th Birthday! Enjoy an open house filled with music, birthday cake, and the timeless spirit of Beethoven himself.
Performance will begin at 2:00 pm, doors will open at 1 pm
Performers: Shoreline Piano Trio
Program: Beethoven, 12 Variations on a Theme from Handel's Judas
Maccabaeus, WoO 45 for Cello and Piano
Beethoven, Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30, No. 3
Beethoven, Piano Trio in G major, Op. 121a, "Kakadu Variations鈥�
This is a free event. All are welcome!
The Tak谩cs Quartet
Saturday, January 23, 2027 @ 2:00 pm
Hammer Theatre, 101 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jos茅, CA 95113
Performers: The Tak谩cs Quartet
Program: Beethoven: String Quartet in B-flat Major, op. 130
The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies and American Beethoven Society proudly present: The Tak谩cs Quartet performance with a lecture from Erica Buurman (Director, Beethoven Center)
The Grammy Award-winning Tak谩cs Quartet returns to 黑瓜吃料网 for a deep dive into one of Ludwig van Beethoven鈥檚 late masterpieces: the String Quartet in B-flat Major, op. 130. One of Beethoven鈥檚 most eclectic works, the Quartet op. 130 is by turns exuberant, introspective, intellectually rigorous, and folksy. In its original version it concluded with an immense fugue that early listeners famously considered incomprehensible (one critic called it 鈥渁 confusion of Babel鈥�). It is one of very few works that Beethoven revised substantially after the first performance鈥攊n this case by composing an entirely new finale.
This two-part event will begin with a lecture from the Beethoven Center鈥檚 Director,
Dr. Erica Buurman, unpacking the work鈥檚 history and its many allusions to the vibrant
and eclectic music world of Beethoven鈥檚 day. The Tak谩cs Quartet will then perform
the work (revised version) in its entirety.
*To make this event accessible to all, we are offering tickets for this event on a
pay-what-you-can model. All proceeds will help to support future Beethoven Center/American
Beethoven Society programs.
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Noon Concert
Thursday, February 4
The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies
Performers: Morgan Balfour (soprano) and Melinda Lee Masur (piano)
With lecture by Nicholas Chong (Rutgers University)
Program -- Lieder by Beethoven:
Gellert Lieder, op. 48
"Der Wachtelschlag", WoO 127
"Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel", WoO 150
All concerts take place at 12:00 and are followed by an informal coffee reception and open-house. These concerts are free to attend and registration is not required.
The series is made possible by generous support from the Davis Family Foundation.
Noon Concert
Thursday, March 11
The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies
Performer: Nicholas Mathew (fortepiano)
Program: 鈥淯nsung Pasts鈥�
Miniatures by Felix Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, and Johannes Brahms
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas opp. 79 and 90
Schubert: Allegro D571 in F-sharp minor (compl. Mathew)
All concerts take place at 12:00 and are followed by an informal coffee reception and open-house. These concerts are free to attend and registration is not required.
The series is made possible by generous support from the Davis Family Foundation.
Noon Concert
Thursday, April 8
The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies
Performer: Erik Zivian (fortpiano)
With lecture by Barry Cooper (University of Manchester)
Program: Beethoven, Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, op. 106 (鈥淗ammerklavier鈥�)
Performed on the Beethoven Center鈥檚 1823 Broadwood and Sons fortepiano
All concerts take place at 12:00 and are followed by an informal coffee reception and open-house. These concerts are free to attend and registration is not required.
The series is made possible by generous support from the Davis Family Foundation.
Noon Concert
Thursday, May 6
The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies
Performers: Tanya Tomkins (cello) and Erik Zivian (fortepiano)
With lecture by Birgit Lodes (University of Vienna)
Program: Beethoven, Cello Sonata in A Major, op. 69
All concerts take place at 12:00 and are followed by an informal coffee reception and open-house. These concerts are free to attend and registration is not required.
The series is made possible by generous support from the Davis Family Foundation.
