Con brio is a concert overture by Jörg Widmann influenced by Beethoven.

[6] In a very small space, a sonata form is presented before the recurring material is arranged into a scherzo.

[3] The concert overture is scored for a Beethoven sized orchestra, with 2 flutes (both doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings.

[1] Con brio was premiered by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons on 25 September 2008 in Munich, Gasteig, Philharmonie.

[5] David Allen from The New York Times wrote: "One of the most performed orchestral works written this century".