you know it's my colleague adrian kennedy from culture to talk about this welcome adrian tell us a bit about the artist at the center of this controversy i think quite high profile they are very high profile and. better known as natalia of course has been star of the polish scene for fifty years the world ninety two but this is a piece from the early seventy's conceived as a challenge to the conservatism of the communist regime that ruled poland at the time and of course of criticism of the food shortages that prevailed. so ironic that now fifty years of this and she communist workers for foul of censorship under a right wing government showing that conservatives are on both ends of the political spectrum what about this cause if she's a well respected video artist and the installation in question features dogs with and mosques and

a woman with the wit. to nature of course famous for the quote if you go to see a woman do not forget the whip he is the self the female is wielding the whip half safe to. feminists also interesting that it's works by women that have the put on the ditch lists now this also isn't the first time that we've seen the arts under pressure in poland since the new government came in under the conservative law and justice party in twenty fifteen is that that's why opposition politicians have accused the government of a concerted campaign against this one example was that they withdrew the funding. through funding for the mark to festival in post nine when they curators and the program was deemed to progressive actually since this government came to power a lot of artistic directors have not had contracts renewed the local authorities then. organize competitions in order to install just that they approve of the thing

is that the right wing in poland feels that the theatre is dominated by left wing forces they accuse it of insulting the nation and the church because of blasphemy and they want to change that so this is the just another salvo in that culture war very interesting it will certainly have to keep an eye on that story more pictures of the banana eating protests or is on facebook at culture if anyone wants to have a look at kennedy thanks very much for bringing me that story thank you. well it's exciting times for classical music fans here in berlin as killing prepares to take over from sir simon rattle as chief conductor of the city's famed berlin philharmonic now on monday trying to announce his plans for the twenty nineteen twenty twenty season which include a european tour and play some heavy emphasis on the works of beethoven for his two hundred fiftieth birthday. totally in his

element demonstrating the full range of his skills. starting this summer he'll pick up the baton the berlin philharmonic the internationally renowned orchestra elected him in twenty fifteen you expect ations and anticipation are high. the maestro is famously media shy giving very few interviews but once a year he has to subject themselves to a press conference this one this is first with the berlin philharmonic. orchestra and this orchestra has a source of energy in it that is indescribable. and as a conductor i have to learn to deal with the source of energy and deal with it correctly. tanko has already conducted the philharmonic a few times there are twenty seven thousand performance of try. cause he's put it

was superb promising great things to come. to him for what bengal cabot from cali on cardio a battle answer simon rattle are the heavyweights that shape the circus truck. the orchestra sounded different under each of them and that's how it should be so i appreciate each one of them but i want to create my own sound my own philharmonic world and long. i do in the morning show. originally from scrushy was hired by the mining in theatre in one thousand nine hundred nine becoming germany's youngest artistic director of an orchestra he worked for berlin's commercial bus starting in two thousand and two and in twenty thirteen became artistic director of the munich state opera. his new position at the berlin philharmonic will kick off with a performance of beethoven's ninth symphony on august twenty third they'll perform

it again the next day at the brandenburg gate for free and outdoors. then z. and for me the ninth symphony contains everything that distinguishes us as humans in both the positive and negative sense in that he says he shares the expectations placed on him to launch a new illustrious era in the history of the philharmonic. and for you to. head if every concert i have the desire to somehow float on clouds with the orchestra. of the void consumes me. but that's enough talking for the maestro he prefers to let the music speak for itself. all his revered as a universal genius and best known for his paintings most notably the mona lisa but italian master leonardo da vinci was

a true polymath with interest and comfort it encompassing architecture mathematics engineering several branches of the natural sciences and even music on may second marks the five hundred ten a verse three of his death and competition is rife between the places that can lay claim to him among them his birthplace near vinci in tuscany. and the french town of vase in the water valley where he died in fifteen nineteen and so while they all try to outdo one another we took a look into the legacy left by this exceptional mind. leonardo da vinci was not just an artist an architect but also a philosopher and engineer he's credited with some eighty inventions including submarines and flying machines but according to german author mathias echoed he didn't really invent the long. hot mic. it's widely asserted that leon out of really did build a flying machine himself and that as

a last will an employee of his tried out best flying machine and that leonardo recorded the flight in his codex. cool digs therefore when i've read the codex and there's nothing in it about the flight. stuff on planet. the florence workshop of the middle court painter became leonardo's master school he achieved mastery of perspective better than anyone else and he sketched everything he saw whether in books or in his surroundings in the pages of his notebooks unable to make a living as a freelance artist at the age of twenty five he applied to work as a specialist for military equipment at the milan court of ludovick us forces. through the heart the equipment he promised was either unfeasible totally impractical or simply didn't work so much really for instance if you look at the tank he proposed it's constructed to be driven by hand crane and hunt.

and that hand crank is attached to a kind of gear a cage geared so that the front wheel goes backwards and the rear wheel goes forwards with him. but he has a call takes a skeptical view of the da vinci cult basing his research in the artist's own notebooks. it wasn't until the twentieth century that the image of layer in art of the inventor which he himself never claimed to be first emerged driven by benito mussolini to support his fascist ideology the dictator recast davinci as a universal genius and a leading figure of italian creative strength was done and of great miscellany initiated an exhibition not just initiated he ordered it and it was done and. that exhibition models were created from davinci sketches for the first time delegate

math models that simply ignored the errors in the original sketches the exhibition travelled from milan to the u.s. and then to japan where it was destroyed in an air raid astonished elvises amazingly lost the exhibition is gone miscellany is gone fascism is gone but the laying out a cult of the cult of léonard of the inventor has remained. leonardo was a visionary but he wasn't a jack of all trades book doesn't question the boldness of davinci is ideas but rather it worshipful view that distorts what he really was a person endlessly driven by curiosity. and an inspiration to many who came after him well that brings us to the end of the show so until we meet again from all of us here in berlin all the best and bob i.

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leaders vie for power demonstrations on tuesday turned violent with forces loyal to the president with doro intent on defeating what they say is an attempted coup some seventy people were injured self-proclaimed president won why there was urging his supporters to march a new protest later today also on the show. japan's new emperor nor hito takes the chrysanthemum thrown out of his father's application clustering in the first day of the imperial hero of rye walk where beautiful marking. eyebright thomas thanks so much for joining us venezuela is on edge divided between two men both of them say they are the rightful president of the country acting president nicolas maduro addressing the nation last night calling for support and

opposition leader one point zero has called on his backers to take to the streets again today to oust majority from office rebellion that was tuesday mornings confident message from venezuela's opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president he started the day calling on social media for a final push to oust nicolas maduro venezuela's incumbent president flanked by military personnel who have defected to the opposition and he wants more to follow suit and for ordinary venezuelans to hit the streets. and we invite the world to witness what is going to happen here which as always is within the parameters of the constitution democratic and nonviolent. many venezuelans a disparate. but it was ok the people are dying of hunger children dying of hunger how many people are on the street asking for a plate of food how many people do i know who get up and don't have coffee to drink and you know so you want to take the free. up some forces have joined and are

actively supporting the opposition on the streets. but it isn't about all of us as a united people must move forward we want peace we don't want confrontation every time you go but correct this was the scene of clashes including this moment when vehicles rammed into the crowd like pump a zero you noted states secretary of state saying that venezuela's key generals are already at the negotiating table. remained defiant ok most of you have a merge victorious in every situation and will continue to emerge victorious and any difficulties that we will face from now on in the upcoming months and years i have no doubt about it. and late into the night so too is why do calling on social media for an even bigger uprising. well russia is one of the

venezuelan government's biggest backers our correspondent emily sherwin joins us now from moscow good morning emily and the u.s. secretary of state mike conte was claiming that venezuelan president nicolas maduro wanted to flee the country and seek exile in cuba but that russia convinced him to remain in the country have we had any response from the kremlin to those clips. well no we haven't had any direct response to those claims but we do know that russia of course is a vocal backer of nicolas maduro they do not recognize as president and they yesterday criticized the violent methods as they said of the opposition and overnight we also saw the embassy the russian embassy in venezuela releasing a statement on facebook where they basically said things are calm in the capital there are hardly any clashes there are only clashes in one area of the city. and

they also said that citing official sources that actually the military is in its usual places on its usual posts and that those officers of the military or those soldiers who had gone over to the opposition have returned so very much kind of pushing this narrative or this idea that things are calm and that the military is on the government's side. give us an overview of russian's involvement right now in venice where. well i think the most important thing to point out here is that at the end of march we officially got confirmation from russian officials that there are actually russian troops in venezuela now that comes after months of reports that.