Upcoming Events
Beethoven Center Noontime Concert
September 4 at Noon
Beethoven Center, 5th Floor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, San Jose CA 95112
Performer: Gretchen Hull (piano)
Program:
Chopin: Étude Op. 25, No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor and Berceuse, Op. 57
Corigliano: Fantasia on an Ostinato
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in A-flat Major, op. 110
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 Center Noontime Concert
October 2 at Noon
Beethoven Center, 5th Floor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, San Jose CA 95112
Performers: Verve Trio
Program: Beethoven, Piano Trio in B-flat, op. 97 (“Archduke”)
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 Center Noontime Concert
October 30 at Noon
Beethoven Center, 5th Floor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, San Jose CA 95112
Performers: Christine Brandes (soprano) and Nicholas Mathew (fortepiano), with musicologist Birgit Lodes
Lecture-presentation: Beethoven’s song cycle An die ferne Geliebte, op. 98
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 Center Noontime Concert
December 4 at Noon
Beethoven Center, 5th Floor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, San Jose CA 95112
Performers: The St. Michael Trio
Program: Beethoven, Piano Trio in E-flat Major, op. 70 no. 2
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 Center Noontime Concert
February 5 at Noon
Beethoven Center, 5th Floor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, San Jose CA 95112
Performers: Josephine Lee (soprano) and Grace Lee (piano)
Program: Beethoven's Lieder and his Poets
A program featuring Beethoven's settings of poems by Matthisson, Goethe, Gellert,
Rousseau, and others.
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 Ball
Save the Date!
Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 7:00pm
75 South 11th Street San José Woman’s Club
The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies and American Beethoven Society invite
you to attend the third Beethoven Ball.
Come and dance the waltzes, Ländler and contradances of the early nineteenth century Viennese ballroom to the music of Beethoven and his contemporaries. Featuring live orchestra and professional dance performances. Prof. Joan Walton (SJSU) will call the dances.
Previous dance experience is not necessary. Period costume (Regency) admired but not required.
Ticket information coming soon!
Beethoven Center Noontime Concert
May 7 at Noon
Beethoven Center, 5th Floor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, San Jose CA 95112
Performers: Yeonglee Kim (violin) and Akira Kaku (piano)
Program:
Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F Major, Op. 50 (piano reduction)
Rachmaninoff: Romance in A minor for Violin and Piano
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30 No. 3
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.
