germany s most famous composer beethoven i could talk on friday runs for the next three weeks and features nearly sixty performances many notable officers taking the stage and come straight from the w culture is here to talk us through this extravaganza if we are really is that extravagant and this is a really big deal for bob it certainly is you know he s the that city s most famous on and this festival was actually established as long ago as eight hundred forty five which is only eighteen years after beethoven s own death but it had an awful lot of ups and downs over the years and a lot of sort of non-continuity but does have only came on board to help the city out as main media partner back in one thousand nine hundred nine and it has really flourished since then it s just an absolute must on the cultural calendar so this year s model is fate kind of heavy the main theme of his fifth symphony and we know that beethoven himself wasn t dealt a very good hand of cards by fate you know