Burghausen has been a byword for jazz since 1970. For one week every March, the small town on the Salzach river turns into the German New Orleans. Ella Fitzgerald, Chris Barber, Roy Hargrove, Chick Corea and Dave Brubeck have all performed in…

1970 was the 200th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth and, to mark the occasion, Daniel Barenboim and Christopher Nupen collaborated on a thirteen-part series about the man and his music. Close friends at the time, Barenboim as artist and…

The Danish National Symphony Orchestra and the DR Big Band meet in a unique musical tribute to the 100th anniversary of Thad Jones. Leading the celebration is DR Big Band's chief conductor Miho Hazama, who has arranged several Jones' best numbers for…

Founded in 1959, Cuba‘s leading contemporary dance company has had a profound influence on Cuban dance and dancers. Over the past 53 years Danza Contemporánea de Cuba has evolved into an exotic hybrid of contemporary, classical and Caribbean styles -…

Witness a concert experience of magical dimensions, when the Danish National Symphony Orchestra opens the door to a wealth of fantasy universes where dragons and dwarfs, trumpet players and violinists cross blades and sounds in a world of flames and…

Can there be a more charming ambassador for Scotland than Amy Macdonald? On the other hand: On stage, there is an approachable and likable artist who has evidently found her voice, and furthermore— transforms Stuttgart's historic Schlossplatz into a…

This recording was made when Portuguese singer Maria João appeared at the Bayerischer Hof Night Club during the 1999 Munich Klaviersommer with Marcio Doctor (percussion), Miroslav Tadic (guitar) and her long-standing partner, the brilliant pianist…

This concert by the world-famous Spanish guitarist was recorded in Germany when he appeared with a septet of musicians. The music in this concert ranges from the contemplative to the exhilarating, the traditional to the jazz-orientated, and some…

The late French composer Pierre Henry was among the pivotal forces behind the development of musique concrète, becoming the first formally educated musician to devote his energies to the electronic medium. His final work Dracula was originally…

Sun, for the joy of playing together, of reinventing oneself again, of discovering more and more of the world. Monkey, for the playfulness dear to the trio, its resolutely limitless creativity, and the complicity of these three friends whose live…