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Wednesday April 25, 2012

Music

Learning To Freeystyle At Neukoeln's 'Little Stage'

April 25, 2012 • Neukoelln's Little Stage is a neighborhood music club where the next generation music scene is paying its dues. You'll find everything from new electronic rock, singer-songwriter, gypsy music to of course freestyle and new jazz.

Tuesday April 3, 2012

Music

At Berlin's Staatsoper, A New Act For 'Lulu'

April 3, 2012 • The Staatsoper's Daniel Barenboim is directing a production of the opera, Lulu. Barenboim, Musical Director, commissioned the conductor and composer, David Robert Coleman, to rework the final act for a premiere production by Andrea Breth.

Thursday March 29, 2012

Berlin Event

Berlin's 'MaerzMusik' Festival Mystifies As It Illuminates

March 29, 2012 • La Monte Young, a founding figure of minimalist music, had his European premiere of "The Dream House," a collaboration with lighting designer Marian Zazeela at the Villa Elisabeth as part of Berlin's MaerzMusik last week.

Wednesday March 21, 2012

Music

'MaerzMusik' Pays Tribute To John Cage

March 21, 2012 • To mark the centennial of his birth, the Berliner Festspiele is exploring the legacy of American composer, John Cage, at this year's MaerzMusik.

Tuesday March 13, 2012

Music

The Deutsche Oper Berlin Unveils A Stark, Post-Modern 'Jenufa'

March 13, 2012 • Leoš Janácek's "Jenufa," currently playing at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, is a work of great psychological complexity despite its naturalist setting of Moravian peasant life.

Tuesday March 6, 2012

Berlin Event

Monthly Music Tip: A New Life For Your Retired Instruments

March 6, 2012 • "Music Fund," an initiative from Ictus Ensemble in Brussels and Oxfam, gives support to music schools and trains repair technicians of musical instruments in developing countries and conflict areas. Hundreds of instruments are collected in Europe each year and redistributed.

Wednesday February 29, 2012

Music

Hungary Revisited At The Konzerthaus Berlin

February 29, 2012 • At the Konzerthaus Berlin, the cycle, "Open, which took place February 18 -26, explored Hungarian and Hungarian-inspired music from Brahms to contemporary composers.

Saturday February 18, 2012

Berlin Event

The Rundfunkchor Berlin Plunges Into Brahms At The Radialsystem

February 18, 2012 • Berlin's Rundfunkchor has a new production of "Human Requiem," a nod to Brahms' "German Requiem," at the Radialsystem. It sets out to transcend the traditional stand-and-deliver choral format.

Wednesday February 1, 2012

Music

Ultraschall Festival Opens Journey Into Contemporary Music

February 1, 2012 • Berlin's Ultraschall Festival for new music premiered this weekend with a program dedicated to reviving classics of the avant-garde while exploring new roads in the European music scene.

Thursday January 26, 2012

Berlin Community Event

Monthly Music Tip: Yodeler Doreen Kutzke

January 26, 2012 • This month's music tip features Berlin's country yodeling queen, Doreen Kutzke. This weekend, this singer is hosting a 4-hour yodeling workshop at Jodelschule Kreuzberg.

Monday December 26, 2011

Berlin Event

'Les Pêcheurs de Perles' Premieres At Deutsche Oper

December 26, 2011 • The Deutsche Oper, for its "premiere production" of the opera Pecheurs de Perles, presented a concert performance that allowed the company to maintain its high standard for leading soloists.

Tuesday December 20, 2011

Kirsten Harms' 'Tannhäuser' At The Deutsche Oper

Kirsten Harms' "Tannhäuser" debuted this month at the Deutsche Oper. Matthias Horn/Deutsche Oper Berlin hide caption

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Kirsten Harms' 'Tannhäuser' At The Deutsche Oper

December 20, 2011 • Kirsten Harms' 2008 production of "Tannhäuser," which was revived last season, took the stage again this month. The opera boldly challenges the subjugation of the feminine principle. Kirsten Harms' "Tannhäuser" at the Deutsche Oper is saved from aesthetic failure by its compelling music.

Monday December 12, 2011

Music

Monthly Music Tip: Peter Bonev's Bulgarian Bagpipes

December 12, 2011 • This month's music tip features Peter Bonev, one of Bulgaria's most acclaimed bagpipe players. Bonev will be performing this Thursday at Haus der Sinne in Prenzlauer Berg.

Monday December 5, 2011

Music

Austro-Hungarian Nostalgie At The Berlin Philharmonic

December 5, 2011 • Hungarian conductor and composer, Ivan Fischer, made a guest appearance with the Berlin Philharmonic this past Friday. He is preparing to step in as music director of Berlin's Konzerthaus next season.

Wednesday November 30, 2011

Berlin's 'C3' Brings Classical Underground

The musical group Victoire, features Missy Mazzoli, composer/keyboardist, Olivia De Prato, violin, Eileen Mack, clarinet, Lorna Krier, keyboards, and Eleonore Oppenheim on double bass. Stephan S. Taylor/Artefakt hide caption

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Berlin's 'C3' Brings Classical Underground

November 30, 2011 • The C3 Festival returned for its second iteration this past weekend. The festival hopes to provide a platform for today's post-classical, neo-contemplative, electronic spiritual movement.

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