Why 2-year-old also "listen to" Beethoven?
Because Beethoven was the first person to turn music into a "story."

There are no complicated rules in his music – only happiness, anger, the urge to dance, and the feeling of wanting to cry.

These emotions can be felt without any musical knowledge.

And children aged 2–6 are exactly at the stage where they are most sensitive to emotions – their little ears are naturally made for Beethoven.

 

 

📍 Concert Information

 

Date & Time: May 30 (Saturday) 10:30 / 16:00

May 31 (Sunday) 10:30

Music: Selected Beethoven classics vs. children's song interludes
Performance: Piano / Violin / Cello

Duration: Approx. 50 minutes

Venue: Space A, Musical Theatre Center, Shanghai Culture Square (No. 188 Maoming South Road)

Age Suitability: 2–8 years old – family audience

 

 

This Beethoven concert, specially designed for little ones, features moving boxes that can "talk" – each time you open one, there's a famous piece of music to be enjoyed through play.

 

🍌 No.5 Symphony = "Ba-na-na-na" Rhythm Game

That "Dang-dang-dang-dang" is no longer fate knocking at the door – it's bananas tumbling all over the floor!

All the little ones go "Ba-na-na-na" together, kicking their legs and patting the ground, stomping the symphony right into their tiny feet.

 

 

🪟 Für Elise = The Window-Cleaning Dance

Mr. Beethoven is busy moving house – and the little ones are here to help!

Wipe the glass together along with the melody – little hands wipe left, wipe right, spin around, and give it a puff of breath.

See? Musical aesthetic education has begun, and the house is clean and tidy too.

 

🛋️ Turkish March = Living Room Adventure

March in procession to the rhythm of the march, go on stage together to visit Mr. Beethoven's home,

look here, look there, and find out where the hidden musical notes are.

 

 

🌧️Tempest Sonata =  Little Raindrops Together

Shake your little hands – that's little raindrops; stomp your little feet – that's big raindrops; sway your body – that's thunder rolling by.

Following the beautiful piano trio, the little ones use their bodies to "create" an entire storm.

 

🌙 Moonlight Sonata III. = Floor Piano Game

Following the increasingly fast rhythm, let little ones "play" this famous piece on the floor piano keys.

They only need to know the three notes Do-Re-Mi – even the youngest children can "perform" the most famous moonlight piece with their own feet.

This not only trains the listening focus of their little ears but also provides a sensory integration challenge for gross motor skills.

 

A moving journey, five world-famous classical pieces, and a musical approach that even a baby can understand.

 

👶 No need to "understand" anything.

🧸No need to sit still in silence

🎵All need to do is follow the adorable "note rascals"

🎻help Mr. Beethoven find back his melodies.

 

Children don't need to remember what these pieces are called or who wrote them –

they just need to encounter these great sounds with their ears and bodies while running, searching, clapping, and pressing the keys.

Just as a child doesn't need to "learn" the wavelengths of a rainbow – once they've seen the sky after the rain once, color is planted in their eyes.