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Sometimes when musician Hesham Hamra plucks the strings of his oud, he is flooded with images of his homeland, Syria. "Every now and then I close my eyes and go from our house in Damascus to a friend's flat in my head," he says. "Then I smell the scent of jasmine on the streets." "Jasmine" is also the name of a virtuoso piece he composed for the Ensemble Colourage from Ludwigshafen, a German city located roughly between the French border and Frankfurt. Colourage is a poetic play on words made up of colour, courage and collage. The group chose it as they sought to bring together music from the ...
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The sound of Taylor Swift's song "Shake It Off" echoes powerfully through the Protestant Heiliggeistkirche church in the old centre of Heidelberg, a medieval university town in south-west Germany. Singer Tine Wiechmann stands at the microphone at the front, accompanied by band members on piano, bass and drums. The church's pastor, Vincenzo Petracca, claps along enthusiastically. The visitors sway and dance in their seats, many of them singing along to the 34-year-old's global hit. About 1,200 people from all age groups attend two pop church services with live music by Taylor Swift. Almost all ...
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The trial of Donald Trump relating to the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels could land the former US president in prison, author Salman Rushdie told dpa in Berlin on Tuesday. "Well, I think this trial that's underway now in New York City has a serious possibility of sending him to jail, because the attempt to suppress the Stormy Daniels story was clearly a way of affecting the electoral process by keeping essential information away from voters," the 76-year-old author said. The public prosecutor's office in New York accuses Trump of wanting to improve his chances of success in ...
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A man accused of aiding in the spectacular theft of royal jewels from the historic Green Vault in the eastern German city of Dresden was acquitted on Wednesday following a trial. The burglary on November 25, 2019 is considered one of the most spectacular art thefts in Germany. The perpetrators stole 21 pieces of diamond and brilliant-cut diamond jewellery from the Green Vault (Grünes Gewölbe), which houses Europe's largest treasure collection. The thieves also caused more than €1 million ($1.1 million) in damage during the break-in of the museum located in Dresden Castle. The 24-year-old man a...
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A Christian church in the German city of Heidelberg is offering worship services featuring the music of Taylor Swift, drawing strong interest. The Protestant Heiliggeistkirche in the old centre of Heidelberg, a medieval university town in south-west Germany, saw its 423 seats quickly booked up for the initial service on May 12. That led church leaders to organize a second afternoon service as well. Admission is free, but seats must be reserved in advance. Both will feature live performances of Swift's music by Tine Wiechmann, who teaches religious pop music at the Heidelberg University of Chur...
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The Israeli pavilion at the Venice Biennale art and cultural exhibition will not open as planned until a Gaza ceasefire deal has been reached, according to the exhibiting artist. The artist and curators of the pavilion will open their exhibition when an agreement on a ceasefire in the Gaza war and the release of the hostages held by the Palestinian militant group Hamas has been reached, artist Ruth Patir announced on her website on Tuesday. The Venice Biennale is due to open on Saturday. On Tuesday, representatives of the press were to be given a preview of the countries' pavilions. The Bienna...
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The Israeli pavilion at the Venice Biennale art and cultural exhibition will not open as planned until a Gaza ceasefire deal has been reached, according to the exhibiting artist. The artist and curators of the pavilion will open their exhibition when an agreement on a ceasefire in the Gaza war and the release of the hostages held by the Palestinian militant group Hamas has been reached, artist Ruth Patir announced on her website on Tuesday. The US newspaper the New York Times reported that the decision had also been announced on a sign outside the closed pavilion. The Venice Biennale is due to...
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The secret diary of Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz from his imprisonment in the Dachau concentration camp has been published in the form of a graphic novel, YouTube film and online text. Kupfer-Koberwitz was a political prisoner in the Nazi camp from November 1940 until liberation on April 29, 1945. The German-language project, titled "Ein Überleben lang", tells the story of his experiences with harrowing texts and haunting images, without pathos and based on facts. Original quotes from the Wroclaw-born author, who died in Stuttgart in 1991, are embedded in a fictional plot: In May 1945, he describes ...
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Spotify released figures on Tuesday on how artists generate money on its music streaming service. Between 4 million and 5 million listeners per month, or between 20 million and 25 million monthly streams, will generate around $1 million for musicians, the music streaming market leader said. Last year, more than 1,250 artists managed to break the $1 million mark, well up on the 1,060 who did so in 2022. A remarkable fact was that more than 1,000 of the 1,250 did not have a Top 50 hit on the services global rankings. "Many of the artists who generated at least $1 million on Spotify in 2023 aren'...
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