In the north choir aisle, Henry Purcell lies where the organ once stood, not far from the plot where the ashes of Ralph Vaughan Williams and his wife Ursula are laid.
His wife and fellow composer Clara survived him by a full 40 years, but when she finally passed away she was buried alongside her troubled partner. The family that gets buried together, stays together.
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The motto of this year's festival, by the way, is "Freude" Joy and references the fact that Schumann almost only wrote music when he was in good spirits. And with this, we make our own statement next to the big Beethovenfest, which of course also has its place in Bonn. Robert Schumann was a multi-faceted personality but also one full of contradictions. He seems to contradict himself in his writings, and his music is very diverse.
How do you approach this character that is so hard to get a handle on and to comprehend? The interesting thing about our festival is that we have diverse cultural venues nearby, so rock and pop music fans will come over to the Schumann House out of curiosity. Or we have jazz concerts because we feel that jazz would have been a real discovery for Schumann.
And people who like to take in films make their way to the Schumann House to hear classical concerts - and vice versa. The main site is of course the Schumann House. Seating only about , it's like the salons where people made music in Schumann's time. The audience sits right next to the artists, like in a living room. That's what makes for the special ambience of these concerts - both musicians and audiences have told us that. I'm always surprised at how many artists come to the Schumann House when they're here in Bonn.
Some come here from Saxony, where Schumann was born. There are lots of tourists from Asia. But many still aren't aware of the place. Some Americans have said, "What! You have a Schumann House? Why haven't we heard about it? Bonn is now regarded not only as a Beethoven city but also a Schumann city. Of course, if you look at our financial situation, there's room for improvement. The Schumannfest is made possible by volunteer work organized by the Schumannhaus Bonn Association.
But we're on the landscape and are noted across Europe. Still, I think more Schumann would stand Bonn in good stead. And in - one year before the big anniversary of Beethoven's birth - we'll be marking Clara Schumann's th birthday.
To put her in the spotlight as a superb artist, a composer and the best known woman pianist of her time - and not least of all, as the mother of eight children - would benefit the city.
It would be a little shout before the big Beethoven anniversary, one that shows that Bonn has more to offer. I'm still butting my head against the wall with this Clara Schumann project, but I haven't given up yet. Although coordinated on a volunteer basis by Schuck and his co-workers, it has developed into a festival known far beyond Bonn and the greater region.
It combines music, theater, film, dance and lectures and showcases excellent, mostly younger artists. Musicians have shown their disdain for the US president's plan for a border wall, staging a German-inspired protest concert on the Mexico-US frontier.
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Audiotrainer Deutschtrainer Die Bienenretter. Music How Robert Schumann's final city is keeping his memory alive The insane asylum in Bonn where composer Robert Schumann died now hosts a music festival in his honor. The Schumann House has the atmosphere of a 19th-century music salon.
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