Elbphilharmonie (Kaistudios)

The »Flairdrum« is a really cool DIY instrument – literally a »bottle-air drum«. You take recycled PET bottles and inflate them through a valve until they’re firm…

Two violins, a cello, a piano – and an abundance of creative energy: Salut Salon are »Hamburg’s most charming cultural export« (Hamburger Abendblatt). For over 20 years, the…

The »Flairdrum« is a really cool DIY instrument – literally a »bottle-air drum«. You take recycled PET bottles and inflate them through a valve until they’re firm…

The »smile of the seas« turns 30 this year, and AIDA is marking the occasion with an exclusive charity concert on 28 October. Three of Germany’s most popular acts, LEA, Mark Forster…

»Federico Colli is careful to seduce his listeners before completely captivating them«, writes »The Times« about the Italian pianist, who opens the »Pianomania«…

The Dresdner Kreuzchor is one of the oldest and most famous boys’ choirs in the world. Its history dates back to the first recorded mention of the city of Dresden in the early 13th century. Even…

Ballads, driving rhythms, floating synthesizers and the hypnotic voice of Sandy Chamoun: for the opening concert of the »Lebanon« festival, the band Sanam transforms the Elbphilharmonie…

In Arabic music, the long-necked lute known as the buzuq has long stood in the shadow of the oud. Beirut-based musician Farah Kaddour explores the instrument’s significance in the music of the…

Since 2023, the Dabke dance has been listed as part of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. In Lebanon, too, it is an integral part of every wedding, public holiday or family…

It is the heart of Arab musical culture: the oud. And he is one of its great masters: Charbel Rouhana. As early as the 1980s, this virtuoso and musicologist developed his own playing method –…