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The Beethoven Project

A Success Story With the release of the Ninth Symphony in September, the cycle of all nine Beethoven symphonies, which began in 2006, is now complete. This recording was also enthusiastically acclaimed by critics. Last year on tour, three Beethoven concerts in New York and three complete Beethoven cycles in Paris, at the Salzburg Festival, and at the Beethovenfest in Bonn caused a sensation. Photo: Richard Termine March 2009. At the festival celebrating the reopening of Alice Tully Hall in New York, The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen presented three Beethoven concerts. The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen will receive the Certificate of Special Merit of the German Record Critics' Award for 2010. The certificate is awarded for recordings released during the past year, thus it also recognizes the Beethoven Project. The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen is the first orchestra to receive this award.

Beethoven Cycles 2009 High Media Profile Future Plans »This is music in its most concrete, consummate, and inspired form.« classics today france »The Bremen musicians are currently in such good form that they can easily topple classical ensembles that are bound to their own tradition, like the Vienna Philharmonic and the London orchestras, from their pedestals.« Rheinische Post »The authoritative Beethoven orchestra of our day.« The New York Sun »Paavo Järvi and The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen are currently the most successful combination of conductor and orchestra.« Sachio Morohashi, Disk Selektion, Japan »Paavo Järvi and The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen kept the hall rocking until midnigt«. New York Times

Beethoven Cycles 2009

Paris At the end of March, The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen under Paavo Järvi presented the first complete cycle of the year in Paris - all nine Beethoven symphonies in only three days. Salzburg Standing ovations for Bremen`s Beethoven all over the world - at the Salzburg Mozarteum in 2009 Photos: Wolfgang Lienbacher Beethoven`s Ninth Symphony conducted by Paavo Järvi at the Salzburg Festival 2009. Bonn At the International Beethovenfest in Bonn, all the concerts in the Beethoven cycle were sold out, almost down to the last seat.

»Festivals justify their name with performances like this.« Salzburger Nachrichten »This is the best thing to happen to Beethoven in a long time.« Markus Hinterhäuser, Concert Manager, Salzburg Festival »The Wonder from the Weser« Salzburger Volkszeitung

High Media Profile

Thanks to the live recordings alone, 300,000 people worldwide enjoyed the Bonn performances live in the Internet, on the radio, at selected European art house cinemas, at the large-screen live broadcast on Bonn's Market Square, or in the Beethovenhalle. In addition, Deutsche Welle decided to make a comprehensive TV documentary and taped all the concerts and dress rehearsals (broadcast date and release of the DVDs scheduled for mid-2010)

Photos left: Julia Baier Tremendous media presence for the documentary film on the Beethoven cycle in Bonn. Soloists Tanja and Christian Tetzlaff are unflappable.

Future Plans

The new project of The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and Paavo Järvi is Schumann; all four of the composer's symphonies will be recorded. The Beethoven Project is not a thing of the past, however. The orchestra will present the complete cycle of Beethoven symphonies under Paavo Järvi at Warsaw's Philharmonic Hall in March 2010.

»We are not anywhere near finished. We are going to Warsaw with the Beethoven symphonies, to the London Proms, to Vienna, and wie are doing a Japanese tour - all in 2010!« Paavo Järvi Photo left: Winfried Schmitz

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