Cuban Dances – A Musical Road Trip with Sarah Willis
After the brilliant success of her “Mozart y Mambo” project, Sarah Willis is returning to Cuba. This time the Berlin Philharmonic hornist sets out together with the “Havana Lyceum Orchestra” on a musical road trip to showcase the traditional Cuban music, bringing viewers and listeners into even more intense and lively contact with its roots […]
Fantasia in G
Phantasm’s innovative new film directed by Ralf Pleger showcases Bach’s “Pièce d’orgue”, the second section of the organ “Fantasia in G”, which gives the film its title. Performed by the award-wining viol consort this is the final piece on the third instalment of its highly acclaimed Well-Tempered Consort series. This wondrous composition from Bach matches […]
Painting, Smoking, Eating – The Painter Philipp Guston
The extraordinary work of American artist Philip Guston (1913-1980) is a landmark of modern painting. Guston is one of the most discussed painters of his time. Witty, lively, absurd and always on the pulse of their time, his paintings touch deeply – and are more current than ever. “Painting, Smoking, Eating – The Painter Philipp […]
From Factories to Artwork – The Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź
Where electric looms rattled around 1900, today works by Joseph Beuys, among others, generate frictional energy. A restored industrial complex in the center of Łódź is the home of the Muzeum Sztuki – for 90 years the address in Eastern Europe when it comes to abstract art. “From Factory to Artwork – The Muzeum Sztuki […]
From Factories to Artworks – The MACS in Grand-Hornu
Once one of the largest collieries in Belgium, Grand-Hornu is now a gem of European industrial culture. Despite its seclusion, this UNESCO World Heritage site attracts contemporary art lovers as well as architecture enthusiasts. For more than two decades, contemporary art has been shown in relation to the history of this industrial complex in the […]
Jean Rondeau and the Harpsichord
For over a century, an entire musical epoch, the harpsichord received little attention. Jaen Rondeau is a stroke of luck for the instrument and its renaissance. The 30-year-oldch Frenchman is one of the most exciting harpsichordists of our time and brings new splendor to the great harpsichord literature. In the concert portrait “Jean Rondeau and […]
