Whether techno or hip-hop – electronic music is nowadays the driving force of pop culture. We have almost forgotten that its origins lie in the WDR’s electronic studio, which made Cologne to one of the centres of the avant-garde during the post-war…

“Sound-Treck Europe: Portugal” is about a country in which the mixture of traditional and modern musical styles throws a new perspective on identity, people and country. We accompany the singer Mieze Katz (band: MIA) on her musical exploration tour…

Five years after its theatrical release, documentary filmmaker Rémi Lainé tells the story of the making of award-winning film I, Daniel Blake, the social drama that became a worldwide phenomenon and exposed the reality of the punitive benefits system…

They attract millions of people to their concerts and via streaming services; their albums sell like hot cakes. Both young and old flock to sold-out houses; making directors and managers in the classical music industry green with envy. In any case…

At the beginning of the 20th century there were two celebrated liberators of music who were the complete opposite of each other: the stylishly nonchalant Igor Stravinsky who revolutionized the musical field from the rhythm-section on the one hand –…

Alongside SHANTEL and his colleagues from Greece, we travel through the beauty of Greece and witness how music can turn society’s outsiders into stars, how centuries-old traditions give protest songs new vitality, and how young musicians are…

Vladimir Ashkenazy has had a particular affection for the music of Rachmaninoff throughout his professional life, and his performances have long had the ring both of authenticity and of deep commitment. This is not surprising in a Russian-born and…

Vladimir Ashkenazy has had a particular affection for the music of Rachmaninoff throughout his professional life, and his performances have long had the ring both of authenticity and of deep commitment. This is not surprising in a Russian-born and…

This film is not a documentary account of events of Sibelius's life. It is an attempt to use film and Sibelius's music and words to try and convey to the viewer something of his artistic intentions and of his extraordinarily creative and poetic…

This film is not a documentary account of events of Sibelius's life. It is an attempt to use film and Sibelius's music and words to try and convey to the viewer something of his artistic intentions and of his extraordinarily creative and poetic…