Music is the Germans’ favorite art, and their approach to it has never been more aptly put than in the motto once adorning one of their most famous concert halls: “Res severa veruni gaud turn” ...

This past fall, the Philadelphia Orchestra selected the German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch as its new Music Director, succeeding the Italian Riccardo Muti. In so doing, Philadelphia was following in ...

Just to pound home those last few nails into theater-as-an-artform’s coffin, the new big thing on Broadway is to take a movie, add some songs, and turn it into one big, soulless, obnoxious dance ...

The German music rights organization GEMA is taking legal action against a US artificial intelligence (AI) company, which it claims is making songs that are too similar to existing ones. The ...

During the final day of music curated by German Music Export and Initiative Musik, the moderator made a joke that the day’s event was about expanding the notions of German music beyond known ...

Paste caught up with the German Music delegation at SXSW earlier this month. German Music @ SXSW 2024 is a project managed by Initiative Musik, the German Music Export Office. Three genre-specific ...

In 1959, when Amelia Hielscher Mettke joined Austin’s new Damenchor, or women’s choir, during its inaugural year at Saengerrunde Hall, she was 17. She’s been a singing member ever since. Back then, ...

Stereogum is partnering with German Music Export to present musicians from the country at this year's SXSW. German’s Music @ SXSW’s 2024 programming will kick off with an official nighttime showcase ...

Note: Wilhelm Furtwangler's last name is typically spelled with an umlaut over the 'a' character. The npr website does not support characters with umlauts over characters. A variation of Furtwangler's ...