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Interview on film symphonies

Violins against the melting glacier

Felix Keller is a scientist and grew up in the Upper Engadine near Piz Palü. However, the mountain ...

Not just solo

Sometimes alone, sometimes together

Over the next few months, violinist Vilde Frang and cellist Sol Gabetta will be performing at the ...

Question no. 23

How did Mahler end up in film history?

His "Adagietto" from Symphony No. 5 made a career thanks to Luchino Visconti - and by no means by ...

Mahler's 5th Symphony

My Take: Ivo Gass

Our principal horn Ivo Gass on his performance of Mahler's 5th Symphony. ...

Contrasts

Schumann meets Wagner

They knew each other. They appreciated each other. But they still didn't understand each other. ...

Portrait Philippe Jordan

He knows what he (doesn't) want

Conductor Philippe Jordan, an internationally highly successful Zurich native, will soon be leading ...

Mahler cycle

"A new universe"

In February, Paavo Järvi starts a new cycle of Mahler's symphonies with the Tonhalle-Orchester ...

Portrait Alice Sara Ott

"Just as if I were stepping on new snow"

Alice Sara Ott eagerly awaits the score that Bryce Dessner is writing for her. It is the first ...

Bryce Dessner

Traveller in the multiverse

Bryce Dessner moves with supreme ease between at least two worlds: on the indie rock stages as a ...

Visit to the hearing lab

Our ear: Like a piano with thousands of keys

We usually go to them when it's already too late, when our ears hurt, when they're stuffed with ...

Music can heal

"You feel safe in this sound"

Concerts can be emotionally moving, making music is good for you. No wonder, music therapy has a ...

Music can make you ill

Instruments are not wellness devices

The fact that playing music at a high level can lead to health problems is still a sensitive issue. ...

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