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St. Thomas Boys Choir of Leipzig in concert, photo by Thomanerchor / Gert Mothes

800 Years of Music – The St. Thomas Boys Choir of Leipzig

In spring 2012 the St. Thomas Boys Choir of Leipzig (Thomanerchor) is celebrating its 800th anniversary. It is one of the oldest cultural institutions of Europe. A portrait.More ...

Wolfgang Rihm, photo by Onuk Fotografie, Bernhard Schmitt

“I don’t write pure music” – Wolfgang Rihm at 60

Wolfgang Rihm is one of the most successful contemporary German composers. On March 13, 2012, he will celebrate his 60th birthday. A good occasion to draw up an interim balance.More ...

Fusion östlicher und westlicher Klangfarben

Vor 80 Jahren tagte der erste internationale Kongress der arabischen Musik in Kairo.
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Reggae in Germany

Stars like Gentleman, sound systems like Pow Pow and festivals like Summerjam: In Germany, a reggae culture modelled on the Jamaican paradigm has established itself – though producing many variants of and distinct approaches to reggae.More ...

Organ recital at the Klais-Organ in the Frauenkirche in Nuremberg part of the 57. ION (Nuremberg International Organ Week, 2008); photo: ION/ Christina Kuhn

Lively Scene. Germany – Land of the Organ

Mozart called it the “king of instruments”: in Germany a bustling music scene with deep historical roots has developed round the organ.More ...

A binaural robot in a semi-anechoic room; photo: Weinzierl / TU Berlin, Department of Audio Communication

Something Or Other with Music – Composition Programmes for Sound Artists

With the increasing importance of the media world, the job description of the composer is changing. New courses of study are taking this into account.More ...

The classical music department at Ludwig Beck in Munich; Photo: Ludwig Beck

Worry or Opportunity? How the Internet Is Keeping Shops for Classical Music CDs on Their Toes

Some shops have shown that they can position themselves successfully.More ...

Metropolis; © Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung, Walter Schulze Mittendorf

“Listening to Movies” – What the Senses Have to Say to Each Other

Film and music come together again: The Salzburg Biennale and the Berlin MaerzMusik present “Lightplay Music” and “New Music to Old Films”.More ...

Cover of „Ratinger Hof“, published and designed by Ralf Zeigermann, Verlag Robert Wiegner; photo: Verlag Robert Wiegner

The Making Of History – Ratinger Hof Revisited

Where it all began. A small pub in Düsseldorf was the most important breeding ground of Punk in the Federal Republic of Germany. Now the story is being retold.More ...

Opening of Worldtronics 2010; photo: Stephanie Pilick

Of Beats Migrating Round the World – the Worldtronics Festival

The electronic music scenes of the world present themselves at the Worldtronics Festival at the House of World Cultures in Berlin. They show themselves to be highly unpredictable and yet strangely familiar.More ...

On the Death of Christoph Schlingensief: “He Believed in the Power of Art”

(23 August 2010) Christoph Schlingensief is dead. The Goethe-Institut has lost a close friend with the passing of the universal artist, director and agitator. The cultural figure and the cultural institute were bound together by many mutual projects – the most recent was the festival hall for Africa.More ...