Legendary avant-garde composer Sofia Gubaidulina has died in Germany, where she spent more than 30 years of her life after the break-up of the Soviet Union. Gubaidulina, who was 93, was one of a group of composers blacklisted in the Soviet Union in 1979. But her work eventually reached the West, where she was feted … Read more
This Sunday, the Los Angeles Master Chorale will fill the sails of Walt Disney Concert Hall with that stormy, earwormy cantata by Carl Orff: “Carmina Burana.” The chorale will be joined by an orchestra and two children’s choruses, and will also perform the world premiere of Reena Esmail’s “Jahaaṅ: Five Indian Folk Songs.” “Carmina Burana” … Read more
At least one person was killed and several more were injured in a suspected car ramming in the west German city of Mannheim on Monday, police said. “As part of the search measures that were immediately initiated, a suspect was identified and arrested. No further, reliable information can currently be released beyond the information published … Read more
BERLIN — Polls are open across Germany as the world’s third largest economy chooses a new leader to guide it through an era of febrile immigration debates and souring relations with Washington. The vote is unusually dramatic for Europe’s most populous country, a place that normally prides itself in having routine, unfussy ballots. That’s been … Read more
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The Oscars ceremony may look like a lot of glitter and glam on the surface, but beneath the glossy surface lurks a battle of worldwide proportions! Or maybe it’s just the competition for the foreign language film award, which since 2020 has been called the international feature film award. And on Feb. 27, 2005, in … Read more
