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Palestinian pipers
Scouts have been playing bagpipe music in the Palestinian territories since the 1920s.
Strauss and sensuality
Latvian star conductor Andris Nelsons reflects in this DW interview on Strauss and his music.
Glam-rock organist
Cameron Carpenter looks like a mix between Freddie Mercury and David Bowie and will blow you away.
Rock am Ring
Multi-faceted German star Jan Delay talks to DW about why Rock am Ring means so much to him.
Rock am Ring
This weekend marks the last Rock am Ring festival at the Nürburgring.
Transatlantic Music
Concerts culminated a project including students from the Juilliard School and a Cologne university.
Memorial concert
Wolfgang Niedecken of German rock group BAP reflects on an anti-Turkish attack in Cologne.
Soccer World Cup - German Musicians in World Cup Fever
The World Cup is still a few days off, but German music acts already in football fever. PopXport has gathered together the best and craziest songs to celebrate the World Cup. We interview the people who made them and ask experts what makes for a good soccer song.
Special harmony
The folk opera "Mandela Trilogy" brings a slice of South African life to Germany.
Scene in Berlin: The Insider
DW presents a special monthly series with Berlin publicist and musician Jan Kage.
Label launch
The Berlin Philharmonic is seeking greater autonomy over its recordings by starting its own label.
Rock am Ring
The now legendary open air rock festival is moving to another location after a financial dispute.
Bach portrait
Experts are considering whether a newly purchased Bach portrait could be authentic.
MG Kitchen TV - Dishing Up Music
We’re all familiar with bands that play on balconies or rooftops. But now they’ve taken over kitchens, too. For the online show MG Kitchen TV, a couple from Mönchengladbach invite musicians to put on a show in their apartment. Afterwards, everyone cooks together. This time their guests will shake the rafters - the punk rock band Massendefekt.
Hundreds - Take Two for the Electro-Duo
The group Hundreds actually features just two musicians, a brother-sister duo from Hamburg. Eva and Philipp Milner were a smash hit when they debuted four years ago. The electro-duo have since released their follow up album, "Aftermath”, which is now going on sale across Europe, Japan and the US.
German Jazz Brothers Joachim and Rolf Kühn
Bonn's Jazz festival has made quite a name for itself. On ten evenings, prominent musicians from all over the world will show their stuff, including saxofonist Wayne Shorter, singer Dianne Reeves, Youn Sun Nah, and Michael Wollny. The brothers Joachim and Rolf Kühn are also among the best jazz musicians in the world.
Organ lab
An organ links up with 380 listeners' smart phones at the Cologne Cathedral for an unusual concert.
Bagpipes in the Palestinian Territories
Most people associate bagpipe music with Scotland and the British Isles. For Palestinians though, bagpipe music has become the music of defiance.
Two Georgs
Handel festivals in Göttigen and Halle attest to the composer's enduring popularity.
Billion dollar Beats
US technology giant Apple has spent $3 billion on headphone and music streaming company Beats. Apple hopes its most costly acquisition to date will give it more muscle in a competitive streaming market.
World Music Awards 2014 handed out
For the 22nd time, the International World Music Awards were conferred on Tuesday (27.05.2014) in Monaco, where honorees included Miley Cyrus, Ricky Martin and German singer-songwriter Tim Bendzko.
Lenny Kravitz at 50
Lenny Kravitz remains a star after more than two decades crossing between rock, pop and soul.
Tango harmonicist
For musician Joe Powers, tango and the harmonica are a perfect match.
Siemens Music Prize
The innovative conductor Peter Gülke has been honored in Munich with the Siemens Music Prize.
Living Room Concerts
In 2013 Volker Siems wanted a "real" neighborhood where people got to know each other and not be buried in computer games. He founded the internet site "Polly & Bob" and soon neighborhoods in Berlin were holding events like the night of the singing living rooms where people open up their homes for local talent to perform. On any given night 80 concerts are going on in the city.
Meet Joe Powers, the tango harmonicist
American Joe Powers says that tango and the humble harmonica are actually a perfect match.
ECHO for Dusko Gojkovic
After being honored for his lifetime achievements, the trumpet legend reflects on his career.
ECHO Jazz awards conferred in Hamburg
This year's ECHO Jazz awards, a subdivision of the German ECHO music prizes, have been conferred at a ceremony in Hamburg. The winners range from international stars to local newcomers.
Jazzfest Bonn
The jazz festival opens on May 22 with a line-up of national and international stars.
200 years of "Fidelio"
After 10 years in the making, Beethoven's sole opera received its world premiere.
Berlin, the Capital of Jazz
Berlin is no longer the epicenter of cool, at least according to some recent news reports. But the city is actually home to a thriving and very hip international scene. The musicians model themselves on Paris of the 1960s, but they’re mixing genres in a way that’s entirely new. We go club hopping to check it all out.
Keeping ancient song alive
In Cambodia, many centuries-old art forms are at risk of extinction, after the radical Khmer Rouge targeted artists in the 1970s. Singer Phoeun Srey Pov, 24, is keeping the ancient Buddhist tradition of smot alive.
Reconstructed
The German production duo Blank & Jones are researching and reviving hits from the 80s.
Berlin's new beat
"Too fast to be blues, too dirty to be swing, too gypsy to be Rock 'n' Roll..."
The rise of Europe's new darling, Conchita Wurst
Many of you will be familiar by now with that music from Austria's very own Conchita Wurst, winner of this year's Eurovision Song Contest. The bearded singer made a stand for tolerance and freedom and looks set to make a mint over the next few years in TV appearances and contracts. John Cummins reports from Austria on Conchita's own rise to success.
ESC 2014
In Copenhagen, DW's Andreas Brenner wonders whether gymnastics will decide the competition.
Carlo Maria Giulini
The Italian maestro commanded the world's attention with his gentle but decisive approach.
Inside Europe
Has Vladimir Putin really pulled Ukraine back from the brink of war? Russian gays tie the knot in Copenhagen and Cold War veterans in the UK fight for compensation. One British stately home transforms itself into a WWI hospital in remembrance. The municipality in Macedonia where Roma are running the show; two Frenchmen re-inventing the music video and the Mafia only kills in the summertime.
Revolutionizing the music video
Two twenty-somethings from Paris have been re-inventing the music video. John Laurenson reports.
Choir-boy boy band
Three young German singers are set to race up the albums charts with their new release.
Fighting for democracy
Algeria protest movement - Hanoi bicycles - Aboriginal potters - Modern Digeridoo music
Modern digeridoo sounds
Australian Mark Atkins, who is considered one of the best digeridoo players in the world.
'The thinking ear'
Daniel Barenboim is opening a new music academy in Berlin with an unusual mission and curriculum.
Bonn - 125 Years of the Beethoven House
Ludwig van Beethoven first saw the light of day in Bonn in 1770. The house where he was born is now a museum: the Beethoven House. Music lovers have been flocking to it for 125 years. And to make sure his popularity continues, there are even guided tours for children - a great way for them to get to know the composer and his works.
Kid Simius - Surf’n’Bass from Berlin
He's the latest star in the firmament of German electro music: Kid Simius. He moved to Berlin from Spain five years ago, gaining fame first as a musician then as rapper Marteria's co-producer. "Wet Sounds", his debut album as a solo artist, is now climbing the charts. We met up with Kid Simius on tour to check out his blend of electro beats and surf guitar.
Andras Kallay-Saunders
The Hungarian Eurovision competitor enters the fray with a delicate subject: child sex abuse.
Eye-catching
The bookies are giving Austria a crack at a top ranking at this year's Eurovision contest.
Scene in Berlin
DW Insider Jan Kage tried to end a music ban in Hungary with a flash mob. It didn't quite work.
Rejection of opera
The Met's manager says a shift in cultural attitudes explains the opera house's money woes.
Several die in concert stampede
At least 14 people have been killed in a stampede at a tribute concert in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A power failure is reported to have caused the crowds to panic.
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