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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…
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…
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…
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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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…
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…
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…
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…
These 8 pictures were sent in by OTA-Blog contributor Nicolai Riesterer who lives in Kreuzberg and often takes fotos of interesting Grafitti in the various Berlin neighbourhoods./thanks !
OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog writes often about progressive….and also not so progressive……even offensive Grafitti in Berlin – previous articles can be read at;
http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/2010/07/08/progressive-berlin-grafitti-kreuzberg/
http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/2010/04/26/berlin-street-art-and-berlin-street-posters-are-not-graffiti-poster-art-in-berlin-mitte-prenzlauer-berg-part-1-ota-berlin-constituency-blog/
http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/2010/07/05/sheep-grazing-peacefully-in-middle-of-berlin-or-are-they-just-progressive-graffiti/
The article is produced by OTA-Berlin GmbH. OTA-Berlin ……the intelligent Apartment Alternative to Hotels in Berlin [...] Continue Reading…
Well over a third of the ‘Linke’ Party parliamentarians are currently actively being monitored by the country’s domestic intelligence agency the’ BfV’ -the domestic secret service or the ‘Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz’.
It has been reported and since admitted by the agency concerned that 27 of the Linke’s 76 MP’s it current considers ‘people of interest’ along with 11 Linke members serving in regional [...] Continue Reading…
Happy Birthday Frederick the Great – but you may well ask yourself also, who was actually Frederick the Great………and why …..’the Great’?
Today exactly 300 years ago a future enlightened ruler of what was then Prussia was born.
Frederick II – a brilliant military commander, a tolerant prince, a philosopher, a musician – and perhaps Europes first gay-monarch -take your pick- he [...] Continue Reading…
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