How Germany Is Celebrating Beethoven’s 250th Birthday

As Germany marks the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth in Bonn, pianist Susanne Kessel commissions 250 new works inspired by his music while the comedy piano duo Pianotainment reworks his catalog for audiences who rarely sit through a concert hall performance. A stop at a museum of self-playing instruments closes the piece with machines still performing his scores on their own.

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