Dear music lovers,
From April 23 to 26, 2026, we invite you to Beaune for a musical experience shaped by the theme Intemporel (timelessness)—that suspended moment when music transcends time, space, and even silence.
After a year without Beethoven in the program—though never absent from our spirit—we will reunite with some of his most timeless creations: his late quartets, his piano trio, those inner creative worlds shaped by tenderness, gravity, and radiant clarity.
Alongside him, we will welcome the lyrical grandeur of Schubert’s Cello Quintet, and the eternal light of Bach, whose every note still breathes with life and reverence.
Yet timelessness is not only about the past—it is also what, in the present, touches the universal. That is why we are honored to present the world premiere of a new work by Éric Montalbetti, and the French premiere of Danish composer Bent Sørensen, whose music hovers delicately between worlds.
In the historic venues of Beaune—where centuries echo in stone and silence—we invite you on a journey where time expands, where generations converse, and where each concert becomes a bridge between memory and imagination.
We await you with joy, to write together this new chapter of music, wonder, and human connection.
With warmest regards,
Sung-Won Yang
Artistic Director, Festival Beethoven de Beaune
photo Jean Lim