Upcoming Events
Beethoven's Chamber Music Exhibit
January 17 - April 15, 2023
Special Collections Hall Exhibit and Beethoven Center
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, 5th floor
An exhibit celebrating Beethoven's chamber music featuring items from the collection of the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies.
Funded by the SJSU College of Humanities and the Arts
Special thanks to the American Beethoven Society and Galen Lemmon
37th Annual Celia Mendez Young Pianists’ Beethoven Competition
March 25, 2023
10:00 am to 12:30 pm
SJSU Concert Hall
Join us for the final round of our 37th annual competition for young pianists. Six finalists will perform a complete piano sonata by Beethoven.
This event is free and open to the public.
Beethoven Center Noontime Concerts
April 6, 2023
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
MLK Library, Room 113 (off the main atrium)
Free admission
Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet in C Minor, op. 18 no. 4
Bill Palmer and Erica Buurman, violins
Noriko Iwamoto, viola
John Rosenman, cello
The second of this spring’s Beethoven Center Concert Series features the composer’s String Quartet in C Minor, op. 18 no. 4, a perennial audience favorite and an example of the composer’s famous “C minor mood.” The performance will be preceded by a short lecture on the work’s history and significance by Dr. Erica Buurman (Director, Beethoven Center).
Beethoven Center Noontime Concerts
May 4, 2023
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
MLK Library, Room 113 (off the main atrium)
Free admission
Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet in A Major, op. 18 no. 5
Daniel Cher and Erica Buurman, violins
Bill Palmer, viola
Irene Herrmann, cello
In the final event of our spring Beethoven Center Concert Series, a quartet of local musicians performs Beethoven’s String Quartet in A Major, op. 18 no. 5, a work clearly inspired by Mozart. Includes a short talk by the Center’s Director, Dr. Erica Buurman.