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Language as Music, Music as Language – an interview with Heiner Goebbels

Hardly anyone else currently experiments so intensely with the boundaries of music theatre as does Heiner Goebbels. An interview on his understanding of music, theatre and composition.More ...

Paula Rosolen „Libretto“; photo: Jörn Lund

An Old Ally – Contemporary Inter-Relations in Dance and Music

The engagement with music has become a new source of inspiration for many choreographers.More ...

The british electronic music pioneer Matthew Herbert was commissioned by the Acht Brücken Festival to create a special apocalyptic sound performance, photo by Acht Brücken / Künstleragentur

Openness as Principle – the “Acht Brücken” Festival in Cologne

Insiders have known it all along: electronic music has no stylistic limits. But this truth is seldom presented as clearly and pointedly in a programme as at Acht Brücken – Music for Cologne.More ...

A little bit crazy, but visionary: The singer Damo Suzuki worked as a member of the band Can on the evolution of Krautrock, photo by www.spoonrecords.com

Krautrock Revisited – the rehabilitation of a genre

Krautrock, long appreciated only abroad, is at last finding appreciation in its native Germany as a groundbreaking chapter in pop music history.More ...

Rap artist Nazizi at Translating Hip Hop in Berlin, foto by HKW / Jakob Hoff

A Question of Identity – “Translating Hip Hop”

In Berlin in November 2011, the the conference and festival Translating Hip-Hop took place, where researchers and rappers grappled with the board theme of “Translation”.More ...

Kraftwerk: Music for the future

That a pop band should turn 40 is an event. All the more so when this band is called Kraftwerk and is the most influential German musical group.More ...

They Made Us Do It

According to the online music magazine crazewire, the Teichmann brothers are the embodiment of German techno-culture per se. The brothers Andi and Hannes have been part of the German electro-scene for twenty years. With their second album They made us do it, they are building on their past successes.More ...

The Weilheim Spirit: Country Air Inspires Creativity

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

Loveparade 1996, Foto: Tilman Brembs / www.zeitmaschine.de

Not Love – Commercialism! – Afterthoughts on the Loveparade

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 ...

Music in Germany

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

Contemporary Music from Germany

The vibrant scene of ensembles, concerts and festivals of contemporary music, current trends and background information

Cultural Programme for the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban

The Goethe-Institut South Africa realises concerts, workshops performances and an exhibition at COP17 in Durban.

über(W)unden - Art in troubled times

From 7th to 11th of September 2011, the Goethe-Institut South Africa focuses on narratives and artistic approaches to trauma.

Popcast – Current Music from Germany

The latest from German bands – monthly: listen in, subscribe!

Music Around Africa

Interest in modern urban music from Africa is growing worldwide. Music Around Africa gives a rough overview of the diverse and dynamic music scenes south of the Sahara.