Upcoming Events

Beethoven Center Noontime Concert

March 6, 2025
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
5fth floor, MLK Library, Beethoven Center

Eric Zivian (fortepiano) and Tanya Tomkins (cello)

Program:
Beethoven, Piano Sonata in E Major, Op. 109
Beethoven, Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 5 No. 2 

Join us for a concert at the Beethoven Center featuring cellist Tanya Tomkins and fortepianist Eric Zivian. After there will be some light refreshments and desserts. The Center will be open to visitors until 3pm. All are welcome.

The 39th Annual Celia Mendez Young Pianists Beethoven Competition and Masterclass

The competition is open to high-school students from across California. Six finalists will each perform a complete Beethoven piano sonata. Following the competition final, the three winners will participate in a masterclass with guest artist Dr. Dmitry Rachmanov (CSU Northridge) at the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies.

Competition
Saturday, March 29th, 9:30am to 12:30pm
SJSU Concert Hall
Music Building (MUS on campus map)
San José State University

Winners' Masterclass with Dmitry Rachmanov 
Saturday, March 29th, 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies
5th Floor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, San José State University

Both events are free and open to the public.

For more information visit https://americanbeethovensociety.org/piano-competition/

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)

Program:
Haydn: Piano Trio No. 39 in G Major, Hob. XV/25 "Gypsy Rondo"
Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"
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

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

Ticket information coming soon

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

2025 Celia Mendez Young Pianists Beethoven Competition Winners' recital

Performers and program tbc

Join us for light refreshments and desserts following the concert. All are welcome.