The João Roiz Ensemble is undertaking a Beethoven Pilgrimage 2025-2027, bringing Beethoven's complete chamber music for strings to all the major concert halls across Portugal.
This is the first time such an endeavour has been attempted in Portugal. Even the string quartets have only been performed once as a cycle, around 1900, by the quartet led by Bernardo Moreira de Sá. This venture includes all the string trios, quartets and quintets, in commented concerts with the support of RTP - Antena 2 (classical national radio).
There will be thirty to forty concerts in total. The project will conclude in Lisbon in March 2027, coinciding with the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's death.