and a new exhibition in bonn brings us closer to the man and his. we had 20 . where a new exhibition of art from the democratic republic of congo looks at that country's traditions both past and present. and in our series 100 german mystery. is extraordinary memoir an exclusive love in which she tries to unravel the history behind her grandparents. but we start with the superstar of german composers and beethoven who will be in the spotlight in 2020 as we celebrate his 250th birthday and that means that his music will of course be everywhere as concerts and new recordings abound and in his hometown of bonn the board. is getting a jump on things with a new exhibition that correlates his musical works with key events in his life.

germany has never celebrated a composer this way before the 250th anniversary of. one year ahead of the actual date and nowhere more than in bonn germany the composers hometown. director of the anniversary society and the b 2 b. house we have a funding for more than 40000000 euros to celebrate peter from germany germany why . i think it gives them. shows that we look at it as a festival of national importance. has long been the world's most often performed classical composer and never more than no. is widespread in egypt in africa too. there are gaps that need to be filled in because only little of this composer's music is familiar to most people. people in germany

to open their houses to to private space often relates to concerts and events to celebrate but it's often in their living rooms or in their kitchens and it's a big birthday bash. and it brings back to all comes from the house concerts the chamber music was written not for the concert halls but for the private homes on the big beethoven weekend a special exhibition opens at the buddhist the national art gallery in bonn including historic instruments. peering into a hall one can look back into betokens time. a plaster cast of the composer's face and a bust me when he was 42 years old. symbolizing the 2 ends gradual hearing loss his ear horn is on display but the composer was nearly always ill leading to his death of cirrhosis of the liver at age 56. he always had various remedies on

hand the exhibition opens with usually on tuesday but on the weekend before visitors were already getting in the mood for the big year. down the road from the national art gallery the beach open house museum is reopening after getting a complete facelift u.t.m. head nicola kempton explains a new approach. in the old house where funds have taken its own one for example. his daily routine. and what he did what he edits or to do when you've worked this the whole time to every office day and also here in the woman over there his net his friends his fans us the people in the loft on this place with over 100000 visitors a year the big open house is germany's most often visited museums. dedicated to

a musician after 3 years of restoration work and at a cost of $3800000.00 euros the house can be expected to attract many more visitors in the coming anniversary year. would be to then have been satisfied i hope he would really like it because it makes him really more of us and he wanted to be understood and that's what we try to make him understand there before everybody from the whole of his coming here. $800.00 concerts nationwide a new exhibition to be tooken house reopened and the official opening on monday and on opera the b. to an anniversary year is off to a big start. for exciting stuff while our next exhibition gets its appeal from a juxtaposition of all historic artifacts and photographs with new works by contemporary artists the democratic republic of congo in west central africa is famous for its vibrant art scene and now

a new exhibition in 08 to get beyond that one sided western view of traditional african art by focusing on the congolese artists perspective. these power figures called monk garko were created to protect a village communities in 1903 congo. the metal pieces were hammered in to seal agreements between tribe members. nearby a contemporary power figure it's decorated with electronic scrap symbolizing the destructive mining of coal town a mineral used in manufacturing smartphones it's a reference to the new imperialist role of china in congress. unfun of these what's interesting about this juxtaposition is that it updates the historical art and demonstrates that it still has relevance for the present day. and curator michelle obama who far invited contemporary artists from the democratic republic of

the congo to take part in the exhibition they created works that responds to the historical objects and photographs from the museum he barracks collection. the starting point for the exhibition is the archive of german ethnologist hunts him and he. traveled to the congo in 1938 on an art expedition commissioned in part by the ethnological museums in geneva and basel him a hero purchased hundreds of sculptures masks and other art objects on these trips . and he documented his transactions with local residents in his diary which has survived to this day. adds to constructive thought i asked the artists what techniques they use what their process was their aesthetic concepts and what was truly new for the time is that he documented their name and document. mask made from calorie shells and textile. initiation mask porn's.

mask of a woman's face all produced before 939. today the artworks that him a hero collected are important historical documents but the fact that the art dealer was able to acquire them so inexpensively reflects the clear balance of power during the colonial era artists such as soon from the d.r. congo address these power structures and their work. via was really to have these multiple perspectives we have a specific way of looking at these objects in photographs a certain perspective but there are these very different voices from the individual artists and what we wanted to show was this wide range of voices to fight. the exhibition at zurich's museum where he puts the vibrant art scene of the d.r. congo center stage and gives a fresh perspective on colonial collections. $100.00

german must reads is our series about german books in the english translation and one of the merits of this list is that it affords readers a more nuanced view of major events that marked the last century like world war 2 like the holocaust where time distance and memory have affected how stories are perceived and interpreted while a questioning a younger generation has also had quite an impact like in your. searching memoir of her own grandparents what if you started the day knowing it was going to be your last today and we're going to overdose on pills and that and your own life would you treat this last day like any other or would you have one final wish. on october 13th 1991 my grandparents killed themselves that's the start of your

memoir an exclusive love. over the next 180 pages i do yon tries to reconstruct her grandparents lives and their last day she tries to understand what drove them to suicide so many decades after they survived the holocaust. the death announcement printed in the danish newspaper which might well raise questions in the minds of outsiders because of their identical day of death said the cancer was there quite a lot that is the gentlest way of referring to the double suicide but is that the whole truth does not their death of love all suggest fear a woman's fear of being unloved alone a burden on others perhaps sick and frail herself some day and was there not also a considerable amount of aggression and behaving so far as her own children were concerned as if she were entirely alone in the world around the grandparents were

somewhat of a mystery even to her she tries to imagine what it was like in 1940 when they met in budapest when her grandfather came home from the concentration camp and when her family fled communism to make a new start in denmark but again and again she comes back to the moments when they dissolve those pills put on fresh pajamas and go to sleep hand in hand for as. was it love and why did they keep so many secrets here how do we on connects the dots between the memory of her grandparents and her own life her own dormant jewish identity which suddenly becomes very important. and exclusive love is a tale of the 20th century sad sometimes funny and completely captivated.

and finally late last week you know sco added to its list of in. tangible cultural heritage so things that have typically been handed down over generations like the art of neapolitan pizza making or the brazilian carnival dance flavor and its last session in colombia you know added 7 musical traditions to the list including the irish harp and the good now our culture from morocco. and that's a centuries old practice rooted in music african rituals and sufi traditions and now artists often very colorfully dressed play the gangrene type of luke 23 strings and cast and that's called cock cabs and they do this that all night ceremonies of rhythm and transmitter considered therapeutic ritual music is especially popular in the southern port city of s.

how we where good now and world music festival attracts fans from all over the globe so lots of celebrations going on there. and on that rhythmic note it's time for us to sign off but we will be back tomorrow same time same place with more music more beethoven more culture galore and of course you can always go to our website should you need a quick fix so hope to see you then until then choose from us here in berlin and bye for now.

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