Liebe Freunde der Klavierabende, neben der Einladung zum Klavierabend an Himmelfahrt findet am kommenden Dienstag, dem 31.05. um 20.30, ein klassischer Klavierabend (Schumann Symphonische Etuden op. 13, Chopin Preludes op. 28 und Ravel Mirors) mit der sehr ästhetischen chinesischen Pianistin Jong-Eun Lee statt. Ausserdem möchte ich zu zwei weiteren Konzerten einladen:
Am kommenden Samstag, dem 04.06. um 20.30h werden auch aus dem freudvollen [...] Continue Reading…
This is a large poster presently placed on the siding of the Opera House ‘Staatsoper Unter den Linden’ as renovations take place.
Berlin’s municipal government – those responsible for culture in the city have announced a further delay to the re-opening of the ‘Staatsoper Unter den Linden Opera house.
Initially scheduled to be reopened in 2013 after extensive renovations it is now envisioning a further [...] Continue Reading…
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It has been reported that the controversial ‘high-pitched and extremely irritatingly stupid ‘vuvuzela’ horns may be banned from the 2012 [...] Continue Reading…
Liebe Freunde der Klavierabende, neben der Einladung zu den folgenden Konzertabenden:am kommenden Samstag, dem 21.05. um 20.30h Ulugbek Palvanov und derBeethoven-Liszt-Zyklus, diesmal die 2. Beethoven Sinfonie in der Transkription Franz Liszts für Klavier und Schumanns sinfonische Etüden.
Am Dienstag, dem 24.5. um 20.30h, Georgy Gromov, einer der wichtigen jungen Pianisten weltweit 3 Konzerte für Klavier und Orchester in den Transkriptionen für 2 Klaviere begleitet [...] Continue Reading…
Borussia Dortmund /BVB football club won the Bundesliga Championship for the 2010-2011 seasons.
BVB, lead by their sympathetic coach Juergen Klopp ended the season with 75 points well ahead of Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Bayern Munich. It means automatic qualification to the 2011-12 UEFA Champions League – their 1st first German championship in over 10 years.
Nuri Sahin, a Turkish/German midfielder who has [...] Continue Reading…
The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of OTA-Berlin but of the contributor – in this case Mr Emil Hoogensteyn. Blog articles and subsequent comments that appear on the site are not the opinion of OTA-Berlin but only of the comment writer.
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Germany has indicated that it will not try and 2nd guess or prejudge US criminal sex allegations against [...] Continue Reading…
Liebe Freunde der Klavierabende, neben der Einladung zum kommenden Konzertabend am Dienstag, dem 17.05. um 20.30 mit BerlinCounterpoint, zu welchem ich schon eingeladen hatte und der sicher sowohl hinsichtlich der Besetzung, des Repertoires als auch der schieren Freude am Musizieren ein Glanzpunkt
darstellen wird, möchte ich zu zwei weiteren Konzerten einladen:
Am kommenden Samstag, dem 21.05. um 20.30h wird der [...] Continue Reading…
After 125 years of tumultuous Berlin history, the present mayor, Social Democrat Klaus Wowereit and the city has started a 6 month-long celebration/marketing campaign to show that the famous street Berlins ‘Kurfuerstendamm’ still has lots of life left in it.
As it is, with the Friedrichstrasse being too narrow, the Unter den Linden being too pompous, and the Karl Marx Allee having all [...] Continue Reading…
‘Nefertiti’ means literally ‘the beautiful one has arrived’ – and if you have seen it real life you know why it has that name and what all the fuss is about.
And if Egypt has its way it will have ‘arrived’ back home to Cairo sometime soon.
Egypt will again, this time formally, request that Germany – in this case specifically ‘Berlin’s Neues Museum’ [...] Continue Reading…
The UN declared 3rd May 2011 to be ‘World Press Freedom Day’ – this ostensibly to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press internationally.
It is also held to keep the pressure on various governments worldwide and to remind them of their accountability and responsibility to respect the right to freedom of expression – a right
which is officially acknowledged in [...] Continue Reading…
The district of Berlin called Friedrichshain, or officially known as is a part of the Berlin borough of ‘Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg’ is slowly becoming known as an independent tourist destination – alongside its better known neighbours Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg.
The name ‘Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg’ - rarely used outside of Berlin municipal government offices – and like Kreuzberg across the river, is becoming to take on its [...] Continue Reading…
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