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Kit Armstrong plays and explains historical instruments

Pianist Kit Armstrong introduces some of the instruments in our historical collection in words and sound.
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Musethica – Music for everyone

Musethica brings music to schools, hospices, and hospitals, enabling people to attend concerts for the first time. We support this wonderful project.
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Carl Bechstein Competition 2023

Outstanding piano duos at the ninth Carl Bechstein Competition for children and teenagers in Berlin

Five fortepianos for two pianists

Only the Carl Bechstein Foundation can organize such a concert in Berlin: as part of the concert series “professors and their master students”, Gerrit Zitterbart and Cunmo Yin performed their repertoires on five valuable historic fortepianos in the Carl Bechstein Hall in Spandau.
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International Carl Maria von Weber Competition in Dresden

Also this year, the Carl Bechstein Foundation supported the International Carl Maria von Weber Competition in Dresden.
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Special prize at the ARD music competition for the French Geister Duo

The French Geister duo won the 1st prize as well as the special prize of the Carl Bechstein Foundation at the 70th ARD Music Competition.
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Yumeka Nakagawa wins Clara-Haskil-Piano Competition 2021

Great success for Yumea Nakagawa, who won the 1st prize at the Clara Haskil Piano Competition, as well as the Audience Prize and the Coup de Coeur Special Prize.
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Special prize at the German Music Competition for Knut Hanßen

Knut Hanßen wins the Foundation's special prize of 2,000 euros at the 2021 German Music Competition.
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Scholarship Holders’ Concert in the Rococo Hall of the Town Castle Eisenach

A great concert with three of our scholarship holders took place in Eisenach this weekend.