Collegium Musicum 90 live in Bonn

Experience Collegium Musicum 90 live on July 3rd

Collegium Musicum 90 is scheduled to perform at the Universität Bonn on July 3, 2026. The ensemble specializes in historically informed performance practice of 19th-century music, focusing particularly on the Romantic and early-Romantic periods. Their repertoire often includes works by composers such as Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, and Brahms, presented with instrumentation and stylistic approaches reflective of the era in which they were created. The group is known for utilizing original instruments or meticulously crafted reproductions to achieve authenticity in sound.

The Universität Bonn was founded in 1818, though its roots extend back to the founding of the Kurkölnische Akademie in 1777. It became a Prussian university under the name Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in 1818, playing a significant role in the development of German academic thought throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Ludwig van Beethoven briefly studied at the precursor institution, the Kurkölnische Akademie. Today it is a leading research university with a broad range of disciplines; its main campus features historic buildings alongside modern facilities and continues to be a prominent cultural hub within Bonn.