24.10.21 – Dresden – Clara and Robert Schumann wrote more than 100 letters to acquaintances, friends, colleagues and prominent citizens and families in Dresden. “They cover a period of almost 70 years and thus reveal exciting insights into bourgeois life in Dresden in the 19th century,” said co-editor Carlos Lozano Fernandez on Friday. – Together … Read more
Founder and bassist of British rock band Status Quo, Alan Lancaster, has died in Australia. His good friend and music journalist Craig Bennett writes this on Facebook on behalf of the family. He suffered from multiple sclerosis. – Status Quo is known for songs like ‘Whatever You Want’, ‘In The Army Now’ on ‘Down Down’. … Read more
With the disco duo Baccara, she suddenly became known to the world at the end of the seventies. Maria Mendiola’s big hits are still played today. Now the Spaniard has died at the age of 69. “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie” and “Sorry, I’m a Lady”: These hits in particular have made Maria Mendiola an … Read more
– Brigitte Matula takes over the chairmanship from Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu with important initiatives in the direction of green producing and investment bonuses. Vienna (OTS) – »Austria and, of course, Vienna too, have to catch up with international competition as production locations. This requires experts in green producing and the investment bonus as an answer to … Read more
An American music festival has taken the performances of the rapper DaBaby out of the program. He had spread false claims about HIV and insulted women. After controversial statements by US rapper DaBaby about homosexuals and people with AIDS, the US music festival Lollapalooza has canceled all of the artist’s performances. “Lollapalooza was founded on … Read more
Instead: A Festival 2020/21. On-line. Open to all members. Open to every visitor. Anytime from March 1st, 2021 on the Internet: Now it is online, after a few hurdles. 28 members of the Würzburg Association submitted contributions, the remuneration of which should compensate a little for the lack of Advent concerts, New Year’s receptions and … Read more
(nmz) – Astor Piazzolla could have celebrated his 100th birthday on March 11th of this year. Reason for us to remember him in a couple of articles. Our expert in this case is none other than editor-in-chief Juan Martin Koch: a portrait of the artist, a Spotify playlist and an overview of videos from the … Read more
Berlin (dpa) – Thanks to large increases in audio streaming, the German music industry has put up with the consequences of the corona pandemic in sales in 2020. “The income from sales of sound carriers and revenues from the streaming business amounted to 1.79 billion euros, which is an increase of nine percent compared to … Read more
For example, the Munich Film Museum has been showing its own restored silent film treasures on a regular basis since last year. Particularly interesting in February is the free “home cinema” offer from the Filmarchiv Austria (www.filmarchiv.at). The films change weekly. In a very special series you can see a selection of films by Willi … Read more
(nmz) – On the Sunday before Christmas Eve we were still on the phone. Herbert was looking forward to the new year in which he would celebrate his 95th birthday and Marianne, his beloved wife, her 90th birthday. He seemed happy, was pleased that his works are performed frequently, even if, quite rightly, as he … Read more