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Coming April Next Year – 2nd Berliner Klavierfestival 2013 / – by OTA-Constituency Blog contributor Mr by W van Coeveren

Wednesday, December 19th, 2012

Welcome to the 2nd Berlin Piano Festival next year the 13th til the 21st April  2013 .

Individuality, virtuosity, creativity, rich sounds, diverse interpretations, they experimented, all characteristic of our very different pianists, whether internationally renowned or even just at the beginning of the career standing. Experience at the 2nd Berlin Piano Festival, the most interesting pianists close.

In 2013, we also expect the [...] Continue Reading…

Berlin Opera Review – Deutsche Oper Berlin – Puccinis ‘Turandot’ s with Conductor Jesús López Cobos-Catherine Foster by OTA-Berlin Constituency contributor Mr Filip v d Plas

Sunday, November 4th, 2012
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Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924)
T U R A N D O T – first performance  Milano April 1926
Dramma lyrico in three acts; Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, after the play by Carlo Gozzi; First performed on 25th April 1929 in Milan; Premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on 13th September 2008
Sung In Italian with German sub-titels
Conductor Jesús López Cobos
 Orchester der [...] Continue Reading…

Will Berlin’s Berghain Club Close Because of GEMA in 2013? – by OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog contributor Ms Cindy Su

Friday, October 26th, 2012
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Will Berghain Close Because of GEMA in 2013?

In what must be some of the best news for clubbers around the world this year, Berghain officially has no plans to close in 2013 despite the hike in tariffs that it will be forced to pay when the new GEMA laws go into effect on April 1st, 2013. Although the owners of the club [...] Continue Reading…

Berlin Art Week 2012 – from September 11 till 16 – different venues in Berlin – For only 28 € you can visit all partner venues of this year’s Berlin Art Week

Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
Berlin Art Week

 

The Berlin Art Week takes place from September 11 till 16, 2012.

This new umbrella event is going to combine important art fairs and institutions by organizing fairs, special exhibitions and discussions.

The following institutions take part: abc – art berlin contemporary and Preview – Art Fair as well as institutions dedicated to contemporary art such as the Verein der Freunde der Nationalgalerie, KW [...] Continue Reading…

Concerts, films, symposium – and a “long night” of Hanns Eisler Music – 50 years since the death of the celebrated Communist composer Hanns Eisler – Hochschule für Musik „Hanns Eisler“ Berlin (HFM) – by OTA-Berlin Constituency contributor Mr Filip v d Plas

Thursday, September 6th, 2012
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Today the 6th of September he died in 1962 in Berlin and thus a special Hanns Eisler celebration week has been planned in his honour.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of the composer, the International Hanns Eisler Society (IHEG) is organising the Eisler Days from 6 to 11 September with concerts, historic films, a symposium and a “Long [...] Continue Reading…

How NOT to Get into Berghain Club Berlin: 10 tips – by the Indefatigable, incorrigible and indefensible OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog contributor Ms Cindy Su

Saturday, August 4th, 2012
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How Not to Get into Berghain Club Berlin – A Guide of 10 Tips

 

Every time a Berghain bouncer sees you, he adds up how many “Berlin cool points” you possess. Ripped tights? +2. Never seen you before? -2. You are acting drunk? -3. You are acting like you don’t care if you get in? +1. Essentially using this system, even the famously arbitrary [...] Continue Reading…

Single in Berlin? 5 of the Best Places to get Sexy in the City – by the Indefatigable, incorrigible and indefensible OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog contributor Ms Cindy Su

Thursday, August 2nd, 2012
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Single in Berlin? 5 of the Best Places to get Sexy in the City

Looking for a new “Liebchen?” One can meet or not meet a new romance anywhere, but there are certain places that encourage amorous endeavors. Germans are notoriously shy – at night they need to drink before they will oh-so-Germanly approach you – so any setting that relaxes them is [...] Continue Reading…

A Review of ‘Chalet’ – Berlin’s New Kreuzberg Nightclub – by OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog contributor Ms Cindy Su

Monday, July 30th, 2012
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Ms Cindy Su - OTA-Berlin

A Review of Chalet – Berlin’s New Kreuzberg Nightclub

If heaven were a place on Earth, for hipsters that heaven might just bear the name of Chalet. The club, which was created by the owners of the former Bar 25 and the current KaterHolzig, opened earlier this month during Berlin Fashion Week with a 4 [...] Continue Reading…

Dienstagswelt at M.I.K.Z. – Berlin’s Best Tuesday Clubbing? – by OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog contributor Ms Cindy Su

Friday, July 13th, 2012
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Dienstagswelt at M.I.K.Z. – Berlin’s Best Tuesday Clubbing?

It’s only Tuesday but it’s been a terribly long week already – you had a blue Monday, a chaotic Tuesday, and now you just want to go clubbing. Maybe Wednesday is a holiday, maybe you will call in sick from work tomorrow, or maybe you just don’t work period. Whatever the matter is, you decide [...] Continue Reading…

GEMA – Will New Laws in 2013 Ruin Berlin’s Legendary Party World? – by OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog contributor Ms Cindy Su

Friday, July 6th, 2012
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GEMA – Will New Laws in 2013 Ruin Berlin’s Legendary Party World?

Some people believe that the Mayan calendar predicts the world will end in 2012, but Berlin clubbers are faced with a much more realistic possible catastrophe. Will 2013 mark the end of the infamous Berlin party scene? If GEMA, the copyright organization, has its way, then yes, indeed, you better say [...] Continue Reading…

Bruckner / Mozart Marathon in Vienna – Staatskapelle Berlin – Conductor and pianist – Daniel Barenboim – -Vienna Festival Concerts 2012 by OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog contributor Mr W van Coeveren

Saturday, June 9th, 2012

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart und Anton Bruckner – OTA Berlin
Almost 60 years after his first concert in Europe, Daniel Barenboim is revisiting Vienna – and as usual with Barenboim – he will do so in style.

Starting yesterday evening Thursday, he will perform all the 9 symphonies of Anton Bruckner with the Staatskapelle Berlin, in the Vienna Musikverein hall. And at the invitation of [...] Continue Reading…