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In Berlin – BBC World Service vs. National Public Radio – Which is better – Berlin English Radio listeners Poll – article by W van Coeveren

February 6th, 2012

Berlin has a multitude of excellent radio stations which cater to any number of tastes, from classical music, jazz to popular younger type of music – all for a wide spectrum of listeners.

For native English speakers in Berlin, and yes we all speak some German and want to learn more – however there are times early in the morning, late at night [...] Continue Reading…

Live Classical Piano in ‘Berlin Klavierabend’ with Daniel Seroussi – this coming Friday 2nd February evening at 2030 hrs– Piano Salon Christophori

February 5th, 2012
Robert Schumann - OTA-Berlin

‘Klavierabend’ with
Daniel Seroussi
Schumann/Liszt -Widmung
Schubert/Liszt – Gretchen am Spinnrade
Schubert:
Allegro – Andantino – Scherzo: Allegro vivace – un poco piu lento
Rondo: Allegretto
F. Chopin – Ballade no.4 in f-moll, op. 52 & Klaviersonate in A-Dur, D.959

Schumann – Carnaval , op. 9

This coming Friday evening 10th February at 2030hrs, another great young pianist, [...] Continue Reading…

A ‘Green’ Berlinale – by OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog contributor Ms D de Nobrega

February 4th, 2012
Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival

The Berlinale and energy supplier ENTEGA, Germany’s second largest provider of green electricity, are pleased with first results: in 2010 the partners set themselves the goal of significantly improving the Festival’s CO2 levels. Over three years a number of measures are to be implemented. And a start has been made: commissioned by ENTEGA, Öko-Institut/Institute for Applied [...] Continue Reading…

‘Upcycle Fashion Store’ in Berlin Mitte -Linienstraße 77 – by OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog contributor Mr Jörn Meyer

February 3rd, 2012

The only way is up!

Why not rent a bicycle and cycle down to the Upcycle Fashion Store in Berlin Mitte?! The outlet in Linienstraße 77 is the first of its kind in the capital. Upcycling being the ‘big brother’, no, better ‘big sista’ of recycling. http://upcycling-fashion.com/about/

“Upcycling is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of [...] Continue Reading…

Heitor Villa-Lobos live in Berlin! Concert tomorrow evening 03rd of February at 2030 hrs, Guitarist Evgeni Beleninov & Pianist Eleonora Kotlybulat-Palvanova – ‘Heitor Villa-Lobos Project’ at Piano Salon Christophori

February 2nd, 2012
 Heitor Vila-Lobos-foto Wikipedia - source Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil

Villa Lobos Projekt
for Gitarre and Piano
Evgeni Beleninov Guitar and
Eleonora Kotlybulat-Palvanova Piano
12 Konzertetüden
Concert  for Gitarre + Klavier
Heitor Villa-Lobos
This coming Friday - tomorrow in fact - the 03rd of February at 2030 hrs,  the Piano Salon will present Villa Lobos   project for guitar and piano. The Russian guitar virtuoso Evgeni Beleninov and pianist  Eleonora Kotlybulat-Palvanova-play 12 concert etudes and the Concerto for guitar and piano by [...] Continue Reading…

As Wikileaks founder Julien Assange faces court in London – ‘Piraten Partei’ in Germany rightfully supports Wikileaks- by contributor Mr Emil Hoogensteyn

February 1st, 2012
Wikipedia foto - source -Julian_Assange_20091117_Copenhagen_1.jpg

The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of OTA-Berlin but of the contributor – in this case Mr Emil Hoogensteyn.  OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ is part of OTA-Berlin  ‘……the intelligent Apartment-Alternative to Hotels in Berlin’.The Blog provides OTA-Berlin guests a quick overview of the cultural, sports, social and other related activities taking place in Berlin during their stay. ‘OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ has existed [...] Continue Reading…

Live Chamber Music in Berlin – Violin + Piano – The sisters Birringer, Lea and Esther – this coming Thursday the 19th at 2030 hrs – Piano Salon Christophori

January 31st, 2012
paul hindemith OTA-Berlin

Chamber Music on a grande scale with……
Lea Birringer – Violin
Esther Birringer – Piano
Mozart:    Sonate KV 305 A-Dur
Beethoven: Sonate op.12 Nr.3 Es-Dur
Hindemith:     Sonate op.11 Nr.1 Es-Dur
Respighi:      Sonate h-moll

Ottorino Respighi [1879 - 1936] – foto from Wikipedia

Lea will play a Violine  made by  Gianbattista Ceruti,
Cremona, circa 1800.
www.leabirringer.com
www.estherbirringer.com
[...] Continue Reading…

French Elections – ‘Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows’: Chancellor Merkel to go out on a political limb & out of her way to support Sarkozy’s re-election – by OTA-Berlin Constituency blog contributor Emil Hoogensteyn

January 30th, 2012

 

Political forces can sometimes bring and even force together people who might otherwise have very little in common -  this could be the case with the German Chancellor Merkel and the French President Sarkozy.

” Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows” is how William Shakespeare put it with a man who has been shipwrecked and finds himself seeking shelter beside a sleeping [...] Continue Reading…

Give a warm welcome to the Fliegender Kaffee Project – by OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog contributor Ms D. de Nobrega

January 29th, 2012
A Latte - Coffee

Nothing is more symptomatic of the growing importance of Berlin’s creative class than the emergence of solutions tailored specifically to its needs.

For those not familiar with the lifestyle of freelance artists and other innovators, please understand that it is subject to financial oscillations only facilitated by initiatives such as the Fliegender Kaffee.

In Berlin, one already knows the [...] Continue Reading…

BERLIN ‘LONG-NIGHT OF MUSEUMS’ / ‘Lange Nacht der Museen’ – This evening – 28th January 2012, 1800 til 0200 hrs

January 28th, 2012

One of cultural Berlin’s best-known events is called ‘The Long Night of Museums’/ Lange Nacht der Museen, and it is just that and so successfull have they proven to be that they are onto to the 30th one now.
Nearly 100 museums and galleries will open their doors for extended hours, into special exhibitions, guided tours, music and [...] Continue Reading…

January 27th means….Happy Birthday Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart! – Mozart in Berlin – by contributor Mr Filip v d Plas

January 27th, 2012
WA Mozart - OTA-Berlin

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – baptized as – wait for it – Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart was born on the 27th January 1756 in Salzburg Austria – so Happy Birthday to Mister Mozart.

Below I have written a short account of Mozart’s journey late in his life to Berlin and follow that with the major part of a short biography of hime as [...] Continue Reading…