Vladimir Ashkenazy talks shop with DW but admits that some aspects of music making are beyond explanation.
Conductor Tugan Sokhiev now heads the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester (DSO) Berlin. He talked with DW about learning music at the end of the Soviet era, and how his past finds its way into his work.
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The joint concert by Berlin's Polyphonia Ensemble and the Youth Orchestra of Bahia drew on the social agenda and success of the El Sistema project.
Musicians of the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin (DSO) made a stop during their Japanese tour in the city of Natori, largely destroyed by the tsunami. They hoped the concert would offer a sign of hope to survivors.
Berlin's Deutsches Symphonie Orchester welcomes its new conductor, Tugan Sokhiev. But he has big shoes to fill: after a successful tenure, former conductor Ingo Metzmacher left the orchestra over funding disputes.
