Telekom Forum
The Telekom Forum, the impressive entrance hall of Deutsche Telekom's Landgrabenweg location on Bonn's east bank of the Rhine River, is more than simply an entrance hall. It is also a venue for events with up to 2,000 visitors.
The Telekom Forum is a venue for all kinds of events, including concerts, theater productions, readings and many other types of functions.
"Pianist in the rubble": The images of the Palestinian-Syrian musician Aeham Ahmad at his piano in the streets of Yarmouk on the outskirts of Damascus in 2015 went via YouTube around the world. At the 18th Charity Concert of the Lions Club Bonn in April 2018 in the Telekom Forum Ahmad acted as a guest pianist at the invitation of the music corps of the armed forces under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Christoph Scheibling.
Jazz Festival Bonn 2018: Well-deserved applause: Standing ovations were given to Ed Motta (center) and his best-placed band in front of the 1,200 visitors in the Telekom Forum.
The Junge Theater Bonn celebrated its autumn premiere in 2018 with "TKKG - Friends in danger" in the Telekom Forum.
Beethoven Festival 2018: The student manager concert was an extraordinary 3D concert. The student managers have also made Beethoven's Fifth a visual experience, together with the artists Etienne Abelin, Gabriel Prokofiev, Guy Sternberg and musicians from the PODIUM Festival Esslingen. © Barbara Frommann
Big concert of the armed forces: At the Benefit Concert 2018 in the Telekom Forum, the Royal Dutch Military Band "Johann Willem Friso" and the Army Band Ulm played for the good cause.
The Beethoven Orchestra and Brings acted together in November 2018. Polka, polka, polka - from the Rhing to the Volga. The Brings hit from 2015 also provided the title for the first concert of the “Grenzenlos” series in the Telekom Forum. © Thilo Beu
The Cologne reggae singer Gentleman appeared at the Over the Border Festival 2019 in the Telekom Forum and inspired the audience. © Dirk Andreas Böttger https://www.facebook.com/AmateurSportFotografie/
April 2019: „70 years Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany” was the slogan of the 19th Benefit Concert in the Telekom Forum – an emotional presentation of German history.
Jazz Festival 2019: Rap vocals meet Jazz Piano: Samy Deluxe had great fun at the final concert of the 10th Jazzfest Bonn. In his 30-minute performance, the 'Special Guest', together with virtuoso Florian Weber and DJ Vito, who has been playing Deluxe for ten years, showed his element.
Jazz Festival 2019: The virtuoso Florian Weber on the piano delivered chamber jazz with his top-class quartet in the Telekom forum on 25 May 2019.
The Junge Theater Bonn celebrated its autumn premiere in 2019 with “Emil and the detectives” in the Telekom Forum.
57th major concert of the German Armed Forces 2019 in the Telekom Forum. The repertoire of the Ukrainian representative orchestra includes international and Ukrainian classics as well as modern symphonic works and pop and jazz compositions. This was emphasized by the musicians in the course of the concert at the grand finale together with the Army Music Corps Neubrandenburg.
Diversity of songs reloaded was the motto of the Telekom Forum in Bonn on November 16. Almost two years after the premiere, the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn under the direction of General Music Director Dirk Kaftan and the Turkish formation Kardes Türküler celebrated a reunion. The 700 or so visitors to the new edition of the 'Grenzenlos' concert series supported by Deutsche Telekom also experienced an inspiring evening. But see and hear for yourself. Enjoy the concert recording with works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Ulvi Cemal Erkin and songs from Cardes Türküler's repertoire!
The 2016 Jazzfest was officially opened by Ashok Sridharan, Mayor of Bonn (on the left); Peter Materna, festival director and artistic director (on the right, with microphone); and Thomas Heyer, TV journalist and the moderator for the evening (center).
Thomas Quasthoff, winner of several Grammy and Echo awards, kicked off the Jazzfest in April 2016. YouTube © © Dan Hannen
In her native Portugal, Carminho is revered as the "new voice" of Fado. She kicked off the 2016 Over The Border Music Diversity Festival's "Afro-Luso Night," which was held in the Telekom Forum.
Dino D'Santiago from Cape Verde played in the Telekom Forum during the first Over The Border Music Diversity Festival, which was held in 2016.
The Bundesjazzorchester (BujzzO; the national youth jazz orchestra) presented a program entitled "Zukunftsmusik" [literally, "future music"; a word that means "up in the air" or "will come about at some time in the future"] for the opening of the 2016 Jazzfest.
At the 2017 Over The Border Music Diversity Festival, Quadro Nuevo and Cairo Steps presented an inspiring, thrilling and exotic program.
Wild and crazy: The Bavarian brass-band sensation LaBrassBanda's Over the Border performance in the Telekom Forum drew more than 2000 fans, and none of them went away disappointed.
In her Telekom Forum concert that kicked off the 2017 Jazzfest, Jasmin Tabatabai cast a powerful spell over her audience. Tabatabai, who is an actress as well as a singer, comes across as both strong and yet somehow fragile. © Walter Schnabel
Francesco Tristano performed in the Telekom Forum in the Beethovenfest concert managed and produced by school students (September 2017). © Walter Schnabel
Regional sponsored events with cultural or sports themes also make the Forum a special public meeting place. The Telekom Forum, in Bonn, is a well-established venue for all kinds of social gatherings and events, including concerts, theater productions and readings.
The Jazzfest Bonn festival is well known to music lovers far and wide. Deutsche Telekom has long been among the festival's major backers, as one of its main sponsors. The Telekom Forum, equipped with a 60 m2 LED wall and state-of-the-art lighting and sound systems, is a festival venue that draws top international stars, such as the British violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy (with his Jimi Hendrix Project), and the German bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff, a multiple Grammy award winner.
Other cultural highlights presented in the Telekom Forum have included an "Afro-Luso Night" – an evening of African and Portuguese music in the framework of the Over the Border Music Diversity Festival – and an Official Aftershow Party, with electronic dance music, following the open-air "Panama Festival." Since 2004, Junges Theater Bonn, the popular theater for children and young people, has often presented premiere productions in the Telekom Forum's large auditorium. The Telekom Forum has also made its stage available for projects of a number of other Bonn-based cultural organizations, such as the "Kinder ins Konzert" association, which puts on and subsidizes musical experiences for children, and the Bonn area's schools.
And it opens its doors for live screening – with "Family and Friends," in the company's words – of major sports events such as World Cup and European Championship soccer. When the German national soccer team plays tournament games, Deutsche Telekom joins with hundreds of fans to turn the Telekom Forum into a soccer-style arena, with a realistically stadium-like atmosphere.