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Free Beethoven Festival by Orchestra Miami

Celebrate the birthday of one of the greatest contributors to the arts — Ludwig van Beethoven — with Orchestra Miami’s Beethoven on the Beach 2023.

Get your free general admission ticket(s) now! 

Reservations are required for entry to the concerts in Miami Beach and Pinecrest. A premium reserved seat can be reserved for a $25 donation. All other free reservations are general admission, first-come, first-served seating. No reservations are required for the Feb. 16 concert in Sunny Isles Beach! For parking and other information, please visit our website at www.OrchestraMiami.org or call 305-274-2103.

Photo by Larry Shane Photography, courtesy of Orchestra Miami

Orchestra Miami presents “Beethoven on the Beach” its annual popular free outdoor concert series. The 2023 version is entitled “Unfinished”, and the program centers around two works by famous composers which were left unfinished. The first piece is the little-known 10th Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, which was left unfinished at his death in 1827.

At the time of his death, Beethoven left several sketches of two of the movements. Orchestra Miami will perform what exists of this symphony for the first time in South Florida, in a realization by musicologist Barry Cooper. This little-known piece by one of the world’s most famous composers will be paired with a very well-known unfinished work, Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony N. 8 in D Minor, D. 759. Also on the program is the Overture and Entr’Actes to Bizet’s famous opera Carmen, and the overture to an unfinished comic opera by Camille Saint-Säens. The 42 musicians of Orchestra will be led by Artistic Director Elaine Rinaldi.

There are three opportunities to hear this fabulous concert:

  • Friday, Feb. 24, 2023 at 8 p.m. at the Miami Beach Bandshell, 7275 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach 33141.
  • Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023 at 4 p.m. at Gateway Park, 151 Sunny Isles Boulevard, Sunny Isles Beach, 33160.
  • Friday, March 3, 2023, at 8 p.m. at Pinecrest Gardens, 11000 SW 57 Avenue, Pinecrest, 33156.

As always, this concert will be free and open to the public.

Photo by Larry Shane Photography, courtesy of Orchestra Miami

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