Campus-Concert: Nigeria

The Beethovenfest is coming to Berlin, bringing together young musicians from Nigeria and Germany. They will perform works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Olufẹlá Şowándé, Cassie Kinoshi, and Mauricio Kagel in a variety of arrangements – alongside both traditional and contemporary songs from Nigeria and Germany.

The Humboldt Forum engages with the history and present of the West African state through its collections, such as the Benin Bronzes returned to Nigeria in 2022, and its programming. The Campus Project has been a central part of the Beethovenfest in Bonn since its inception. Each year, it seeks to foster encounters and exchange between young musicians from Germany and a guest country, whether near or far. The aim is to broaden horizons, challenge techniques, listening habits, and approaches, and thus promote the artistic development of young musicians on both sides.

At the heart of each edition lies a major work by Beethoven, which is placed in dialogue with compositions connected to the guest country, illuminated, fractured, or expanded in unexpected ways. The Symphony Orchestra of the National Music Academy of Ukraine marked the beginning of the international orchestral campus in 2001, as the project was then called. Since then, countless musicians from countries such as Brazil, Vietnam, Iraq, South Africa, India, and Mexico have taken part.

More about the Campus Project