With his IT consulting company axxessio, Dr. Goodarz Mahbobi was one of the first supporters of the Beethoven Jubiläums GmbH. His team laid the foundation stone and implemented a globally available, stable web application with which the Beethoven Pastoral Project promotes climate protection. “Actually, I was involved before BTHVN 2020 was even launched and had […]
How Massive Attack tackle their carbon footprint
Robert Del Naja, of Massive Attack, is committed to helping address the climate crisis. That’s why the British Trip-Hop giant has embarked on a journey “to avoid more pledges, promises and greenwashing headlines and instead embrace seismic change”. Del Naja is not naïve about the scale of the challenge. However, the band, despite its fame and popularity, […]
5 (Easy) Steps to Make Your Life More Sustainable
To work towards a more sustainable world, some policies and practices may need to be reconsidered and re-evaluated. But it is also important to note that each and every one of us can contribute to this common goal – every day. Here are 5 (easy) steps to make your life more sustainable: Eat what’s in […]
Making Classical Music Carbon Free Will Cost Less Than You Might Think
Classical music has been silent about Climate Change for too long. A concert organizer from Germany wants things to change quickly. His goal: make classical concerts completely climate neutral.
Oxford Philharmonic features prominent Scientist on Pastoral Day
The Oxford Philharmonic’s Pastoral Day concert will be preceded by a panel discussion with leading scientists and academics from the University of Oxford.
3 ways artists can protect Nature – according to Grammy Award winner Ricky Kej
Ricky believes that the powerful, emotive medium of music can be the catalyst to convert mere awareness to action.
How a Star Pianist Makes the Remote Thai Jungle a Concert House
Far from the world’s traditional concert halls, Paul Barton plays Beethoven on an upright piano for powerful and sometimes dangerous elephants in a jungle sanctuary in Thailand.
How Art Helps You to Communicate on Nature and Climate
Most of the messages reaching us about environmental degradation and climate change have a looming, threatening rhetoric. Rising greenhouse gas emissions are melting glaciers, the world is experiencing mass extinctions, and extreme meteorological events linked to climate change are hitting communities throughout the world. It is not difficult to understand how people can become saturated […]
Quatuor Ébène performs all Beethoven string quartets
The Beethoven Pastoral Project is delighted to welcome “on board” Quatuor Ebene, one of the world’s leading string quartets and Ambassadors for the Beethoven 250th Jubilee.
