Welcome
to the Johannes-Brahms-Gesellschaft and the Johannes-Brahms-Museum.

The opening of the Johannes-Brahms-Museum took place on 26th August 1971 with the active participation and support of the friends of music in Hamburg.
The renovated Baroque house of the 18th century proved to be chosen very happily because it reflects the old Hamburg so that
a lot of visitors have asked whether Johannes Brahms lived here or was born in it. But his birthplace in the Speckstraße nearby was destroyed in World War II in 1943. Only a commemorative stone reminds the visitor there of the great son of the city.
 
In the museum which is run by the Johannes-Brahms-Gesellschaft and whose rooms have kindly put at disposal by the Carl Toepfer Stiftung Brahmsiana, documents, facsimiles, pieces of music, photographs, concert programmes and busts of Brahms are shown. Furthermore, the museum has a library with about 600 books, all the compositions of Johannes Brahms on CD-´s and the volumes of the latest complete edition of Brahms`works.

Opening hours:
from december to february: Tu, Th, Sa and Su, 10 to 17
10., 24. and 31. december: closed
For group reservations please call tel. . (0049) 040-4191 3086 or or send a fax to (0049) 040 - 3501 6861 or Email info@brahms-hamburg.de
Entrance fee: € 4,- (concession € 2,-)
You will find the Johannes-Brahms-Museum near St. Michaelis church in Peterstraße 39, 20355 Hamburg (see the Map on the Museum's German Website)
Take the underground line 1 to Stephansplatz, 2 to Messehallen, 3 to St. Pauli or the S-Bahn 11, 21 or 31 to Dammtor Station and then bus No.112 to Hamburgmuseum.
 

Daniel Barenboim is Honorary Member of the Johannes Brahms Gesellschaft Hamburg
 
Daniel Barenboim, General Music Director of the State Opera in Berlin,
has been awarded the honorary membership of the Johannes Brahms Society of Hamburg.
As the president of the society, Cord Garben, declared,
Maestro Barenboim is one of the most distinguished interpreters of the works of Johannes Brahms in our times.
 
 

We are mourning for Detlef Kraus.
 
The Johannes Brahms Gesellschaft mourns Detlef Kraus, who passed away in Hamburg on 7 January 2008 at the age of 88. Detlef Kraus was the President of our Association from 1982 until 1997, and brought about an enhancement of its image and prestige. He was highly esteemed as a pianist of international standing, and in particular as an interpreter of Brahms. As a professor for piano at the Folkwang Institute in Essen from 1963 until 1988, he influenced generations of young artists. With him, we have lost a great personality, an example, a friend. He shall remain present in our hearts.