Music in Germany – Panorama

“Balkan Brass Battle” - Fanfare Ciocarlia vs. The Markovic Orkestar I photo: © Asphalt Tango

Balkan Beats and Gypsy Mania

Lift up your hands! Lift up your legs! And don’t forget to raise your glasses! How the Roma sound has hit Germany – it’s only seconds before the turntables and the dance floors rock.More ...
Jorge Sánchez-Chiong of Trio ESJ, C3 Festival Berlin, photo by C3 / Michael Felsch

In the Heat of the Network: the C3 Festival

The C3 Festival in Berlin, Essen and Danzig throws light on the current crossing of styles in “serious” and “popular” music. The result points to open borders.More ...
The Logo of „An Instrument for Every Child“

Blowing, Plucking, Fiddling – “An Instrument for Every Child”

Through the project “An Instrument for Every Child”, the Ruhr region wanted in its year as Cultural Capital in 2010 to introduce as many primary school children as possible to a musical instrument. Now it means to anchor the initiative in everyday life.More ...
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Music Sampling and Copyright – Metal on Metal is not automatically “Metal on Metal”

Assessing the impact of “sampling” in legal terms has turned out to be anything but easy.More ...
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The Music Industry in Flux: Only the Creative Will Survive

What can musicians do when nobody wants to buy their records anymore? Just take a glance into the World Wide Web and it’s clear to see: opportunities for becoming famous there have never been greater. But when it comes to making money, that’s when things get difficult.More ...
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Goethe-Institut Residencies

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“Space for new perspectives” – Information about residencies around the globe

Fikrun wa Fann

Music Between Cultures.
Fikrun wa Fann is now also available as an e-paper.

Goethe.rmx

An electronic interpretation of Goethe’s King of Thule travels around the world to be remixed in nine countries on four continents.

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