He’s the towering musical genius who didn’t let his deafness prevent him from becoming one of the world’s greatest composers. Ludwig van Beethoven may have been born 250 years ago, but his story of ...

The new Beethovenfest in Bonn aims to be young, dynamic and eclectic. Featuring unexpected acts such as a queer collective and young Colombian street artists, cultural diversity plays a key role.

On the stage of Bonn’s stark modern opera house, beside the majestic river Rhine, Dirk Kaftan, the charismatic conductor of the Beethoven Orchestra, is welcoming the audience to the first concert in ...

WWF urges stronger political alignment on key priorities: phasing out fossil fuels, ending ecosystem destruction and scaling up climate finance Bonn, Germany (12 June 2025) – As delegates convene in ...

John le Carré called Bonn "a small town in Germany" when his Cold War thriller of the same name was published just seven years after the building of the Berlin Wall. Two decades on from the Wall's ...