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Sarah's Music - Musicians4UnitedEurope
Top classical musicians show their support for a united Europe with at special concert in Berlin.
Building a musical bridge
The Beethoven Festival’s Campus Project brings young musicians from Germany and Ukraine together.
British rapper Kate Tempest cancels Berlin concert
The poet, who was to perform in Berlin as part of the new Volksbühne's program, cancelled the show due to "threats."
Pussy Riot stage first concerts in Germany
Pussy Riot are scheduled to perform a "feminist punk manifesto" in Frankfurt.
Serebrennikov to complete 'Hänsel and Gretel' despite arrest
Despite his arrest in Russia, the star director is still expected to complete his work for the Stuttgart Opera.
Chester Bennington memorial concert announced
Linkin Park has announced an October concert in LA to mourn its leading man.
Rolling Stone music magazine up for sale
The founder of Rolling Stone plans to sell a controlling stake in the legendary magazine that changed music journalism.
Nigel Kennedy loves St. Pauli, but not like Aston Villa!
Meet extrovert violinist Nigel Kennedy. He's a big football fan with a German club, but his blood runs claret and blue.
Beethovenfest opening with Mariinsky Theater Orchestra
This concert reflects the festival's motto, "Distant Loved One."
German-Ukrainian campus ends with shows in Bonn and Berlin
A joint project by Deutsche Welle and Beethovenfest offered more than just beautiful music.
Chineke! champions black and ethnic classical musicians
Chineke! is Europe's first majority black and minority ethnic orchestra, challenging classical music's very white world.
British soul singer Sampha wins Mercury Prize
London musician Sampha won the prestigious Mercury Prize for his debut album "Process," beating Ed Sheeran and The xx.
Beethoven and DW bring young musicians together
A project by Beethovenfest Bonn and Deutsche Welle aims to create close cultural ties between Germany and Ukraine.
Inside Europe: Keeping Germans on hold
Jefferson Chase sits through a lot of party political telephone muzak and asks if their choices match their politics?
The truth behind 10 myths about culture in Germany
Does Germany have a world-class cultural scene? We put 10 popular myths about culture in Germany to the test.
Germany's cultural world in numbers
Is Germany really a paradise for opera lovers and a mecca for art fans? Here are the facts behind the culture scene.
The best songs about driving
Our timeless love affair with the automobile inspires music about that special on-the-road feeling.
12 songs for the road, from Kraftwerk to Johnny Cash
The eternal love affair with the automobile inspires musicians to sing about that special on-the-road feeling.
Robot conductor YuMi guides orchestra
Humanoid robot YuMi was as classical musicians and singers helped open a robotics fair in the Tuscan city of Pisa.
Ukrainian composer fuses Lviv's subculture with Beethoven
Young star composer Bohdan Sehin composed a work for the Beethovenfest that revisits the folklore of his home country.
Listen to new music by 'the Russian Beethoven'
Presenting music by a contemporary composer from Russia, inspired by Beethoven - and the original, too.
Pop queen Helene Fischer launches high-flying tour
For her tour, the German superstar will whirl around in the air while singing, trained by Cirque du Soleil acrobats.
How Ukraine is experiencing a cultural rebirth
Conductor Oksana Lyniv tells DW why music and cultural exchange are more important than ever in Ukraine.
Hollywood's legendary composer Hans Zimmer turns 60
The German star composer has worked on over 150 films. He tells DW how his career began.
Public screenings at the Beethoven Festival
Bonn’s Beethoven Festivalis one of Europe’s most successful classical music festivals.
Gypsy Mozart
Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra speaks with Hungarian violinist Barnabás Kelemen about Mozart.
The Beethovenfest opens
The festival got off to a start with a much-loved orchestral sound.
The Beethovenfest and the 'Distant Loved One'
Showing that love has inspired a colorful array of art music is the goal of this year's Beethovenfest in Bonn.
Inside Europe: Rocking North Korea
With North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump engaged in a nuclear showdown on the Korean peninsula, a new Norwegian documentary suggests another way out of the crisis....the answer? Rock and Roll! Charles Maynes has our story.
Stylish new kit for musicians in a Hamburg orchestra
Tobias Jopp and Stefan Harm have designed new outfits for the women in the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra to mark the opening of its spectacular new concert hall in Hamburg.
The many women in Beethoven's life
That the famous composer didn't pour all his passion into his music is proven by his many loves.
Beethoven's women: class differences, the immortal beloved and a possible love child
That the famous composer didn't pour all his passion into his music is proven by the many loves in his life.
What Beethoven has to do with love
This year, audiences are being encouraged to reflect on their own emotions as they explore a more lyrical Beethoven.
On air at a German radio station
Alondra de la Parra at a German radio station. She talks about how a conductor learns to multitask
Sarah's Music - The Lucerne Festival Orchestra
The Lucerne Festival Orchestra is made up of world class musicians who come together every summer to perform.
PopXport Quiz Who recorded the original version of "Du hast"
We’re giving away a Bluetooh loudspeaker, the SoundLink Mini II from Bose
Inside Europe: Jamel rocks against the far-right
For 11 years a German couple has been fighting rightwing extremism in their small town. Birgit and Horst Lohmeyer live in Jamel, in the northeast of the country. Most of their neighbours are neo-Nazis. But for over a decade now the couple has staged an annual rock concert to counteract the extreme right, and promote tolerance. Jefferson Chase checked out this year's mix of pop and politics.
U2 drop new song ahead of Trump-era album rewrite
The track comes a week before the lead single of their new album, which was postponed to reflect Trump's presidency.
How 'Candle in the Wind' became an anthem to Princess Diana
The ballad about a life extinguished early became the most successful single since the introduction of the charts.
Encounter with Ukraine in the Campus Project
After cheered performances in Lviv and Kyiv, there's more intercultural dialogue and musical fireworks to come.
The hustle and bustle of life
In this week's edition of Pulse we take a look at African pop artists who are going abroad to make their music videos, the hard life of beach hawkers on the mediterranean islands, and we’ll get to hear from a Ugandan journalist who fled his country 8 years ago.
Making music videos abroad
Pop artists from Africa prefer to shoot their videos in South Africa and Dubai.
Why the 2018 Bayreuth Festival could one-up 2017
After a scandal-free year, the Bayreuth Festival could get juicier in 2018 with Plácido Domingo waving the baton.
Politics and Kendrick Lamar dominate MTV awards
Rapper Kendrick Lamar won six awards at the MTV Video Music Awards gala. Social issues also ruled at the glitzy event.
Berlin 24/7: Why I love summer in Berlin
Culture doesn't take a break during the summer in Berlin. DW's Gero Schliess lists his favorite events.
Anti-Nazi music fest rocks Jamel's far-right
For 11 years a brave German couple has been fighting neo-Nazis in their village by staging a rock music festival.
The 2017 edition of Jamel's anti-Nazi rock music festival
For over a decade, music fans have come together in a tiny eastern German village to protest neo-Nazis.
Why do we like music?
#wanttoknow! – This week's viewer's question comes from Sameer Satpute in India.
Sound Unbound at the Barbican
Sarah Willis experiences the Barbican Centre's classical weekender - the Sound Unbound Festival.
How Kraftwerk pioneered electronic music without computers
Former Kraftwerk member Karl Bartos tells DW how the unique ensemble wrote its music before computers went mainstream.
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