Schinkel Recomposed
In the heart of Berlin stands one of Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s most beautiful buildings. Inside, visitors find a one-of-a-kind neoclassical concert hall – which, however, is a reconstruction. Its doors first opened to the public in 1984. Schinkel recomposed. But how did a neoclassical concert hall in the Prussian tradition come to be built under […]
Video-Clip Scandale
Alice Sara Ott and Francesco Tristano chasing shadows. “Scandale” is the new CD of the two pianists and is appearing still this year. We have made the video clip. Scandalous! This video is circulating in the internet with the note “Warning: contains flashing images!” In the social medias discussions about this clip are accordingly running […]
Geheimnisvolle Orte: Liebenberg
From Berlin it takes you 40 kilometres to reach the Liebenberg estate, a picturesque countryside surrounded by lakes and by one of Germany’s most beautiful woods. Nowadays Liebenberg houses a training centre for executive managers for economy, sciences, politics and sport, run by the DKB Foundation. However, very few know about the changeful history of […]
Christian Thielemann – Mein Strauss
2014 we are celebrating Christian Thielemann’s favourite composer: Richard Strauss. “By no means should you be sweating when conducting – only the audience should become warm”, “Conduct ‘Salome’ and ‘Elektra’ as if they were by Mendelssohn: fairy’s music!” Those are words of wisdom from Strauss himself. And Thielemann, what does he think? Strauss is a […]
Swing Stories
Swing events are becoming increasingly popular. It is not only music and dancing that are thrilling the scene but it is fashion and life style of the nineteen-twenties, the thirties and forties that are being celebrated as well. Heilwig Niemsch van de Loecht is well known in her neighbourhood. Her appearance is striking, she is […]
Moodfilm Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is principal sponsor of the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and supports the third largest classic festival by providing a fleet of cars. Classic music no longer takes place in dark concert halls in the cities, the audience enjoys concerts at venues in the beautiful and rolling countryside of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a county near to the Baltic Sea. […]
