Music

It was cheeky, even slightly provocative, of the Goethe Institut to organise an event that dealt with trauma, that bookended 9/11, but that did not have a single mention of the destruction of New York’s Twin Towers. Instead, the five-day Über(w)unden conference (Johannesburg, 7–11 September) presented artists, writers and activists from Sudan, DRC, Ivory Coast, Rwanda, Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Europe who discussed ways in which art can deal with trauma in countries that have experienced extreme conflicts.More ...

Weilheim is the home of The Notwist and Enders Room, of idiosyncratic pop music, surprising electronic sound and shrewd jazz.More ...

The summer of 2011, a year after the drama of the Duisburg Loveparade. Time for a short tour through the history of an idea that ended in disaster.More ...

Invisible Cities is a year-long music and arts festival in the form of 12 once-off monthly events taking place in empty buildings, east of the CBD.More ...

As a nation where culture has always been important Germany possesses a strikingly rich and topographically dense musical landscape.More ...