LONDON,
27-30 March 2026
Beethoven Conference
BEETHOVEN SUMMIT '26
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Scholars in Residence
Beethoven Conference
27-30 March 2026, London
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Professor Laura Tunbridge
Musicologist, Professor Oxford University
Main lecture: Beethoven Summits [27.3.2026]
Abstract & Biography →
Other Summit activity: 28.3.2026 Member, Panel Discussion;
Website →
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Professor Terence Charlston
Chair of Historical Keyboard Instrument; Professor of Harpsichord
Royal College of Music, LondonCM
Main lecture: Beethoven on the clavichord: a performer’s view [29.3.2026]
Abstract & Biography →
Website →
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Professor Barry Cooper
Professor Manchester University
Main lecture: Some Performance Issues in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Abstract & Biography →
Other summit activity: 28.3 Panel Discussion
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Dr. Susan Cooper
Independent Researcher
Manchester Beethoven Scholar
Main lecture: Performance Issues in Beethoven's Late Works
Abstract & Biography →
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Professor Dr. Michael Custodis
Professor of Contemporary Music and Systematic Musicology
University of Münster
Main lecture: Examining Art in Time of War: The International Research Project
“Beethoven and His Music in Nazi-Occupied European Countries”
Abstract, Biography → & Website →

Dr. Siân Derry
Senior Lecturer in Music/Assistant Director of Postgraduate Studies
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Main lecture: tba
Abstract, Biography → & Website →
Other summit activity: 29.3.2026 Member of Panel Discussion
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Associate Professor Emil Gryesten
Pianist; Assoc. Professor of Contemporary Music and Systematic Musicology
Royal Danish Academy of Music
Lecture/Recital: Experimental Reinterpretations of Beethoven’s Late Piano Sonatas
Abstract & Biography →
Website →
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Dr. Birgit Lodes
Professor of Historical Musicology
University of Vienna
Lecture, 27.3.2026: Why Beethoven’s 1824 Academy Still Resonates
Lecture, 28.3.2026: Beethoven’s Philological Engagement with the Latin Mass
Abstracts, Biography → & Website →
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Dr. Marten Noorduin
Researcher
State Institute for Music Research, Berlin
Main Activity: Chair, Round Table
Other summit activity:
Biography → & Website →
