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…
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February 5th, 2012

‘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…
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February 4th, 2012

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…
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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…
Tags: Jörn Meyer, Linienstraße 77 Berlin Mitte, re-using material ecologically, Upcycle Fashion Store, Upcycle Fashion Store in Berlin Mitte, Upcycling
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February 2nd, 2012
![Heitor_Vila-Lobos_(c._1922)[1] Heitor Vila-Lobos-foto Wikipedia - source Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil](http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/wp-content/Heitor_Vila-Lobos_c._19221-150x150.jpg)
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…
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February 1st, 2012
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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…
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January 31st, 2012
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
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January 30th, 2012
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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…
Tags: Chancellor Merkel goes out on a political limb, Francois Hollande, French Elections - Chancellor Merkel, Merkel to support Sarkozy’s re-election, politics makes strange bedfellows, robin hood tax sarkozy, Tobin tax
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January 29th, 2012

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…
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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…
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January 27th, 2012

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…
Tags: 27th January Mozart's birthday, Happy Birthday Mozart, Mozart Berlin, mozart in Berlin, Mozart travels to Berlin, Mozart's Journey to Berlin by Maynard Solomon, The Journal of Musicology
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