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female members or for religions for peace from the middle east are demanding a larger role for. the female peacemakers stores where we fish on g.w. . tank global fog is what obit shirazi coles this music is by and the exiled history of based in germany with groups all over the world. more funk in a minute welcome to news from the world about some culture also coming up today. more interior design with a vintage touch one of the special qualities. of the day more

a studio label. and a look back at the career of one of the great lyric tennis. christmas day. fled his native to iran when he was just 14 years old during the iraq war he ended up in germany and with like minded musicians founded the band which sounds like something between the classic funk of james brown and the modern electronics of punk ben there's a smidgen of what you could be intergalactic created by his very own instrument which he cole's free. coming from for. the show. we've got an expression and persia what comes from the heart goes to the

heart that's the reaction i get from people our music isn't just entertainment it's from the heart and it reaches people's hearts to. the cold seas music high tech global fund. the message peace and love. came to germany in the mid 1980 s. during the iran iraq war. there was a time when a lot of families were trying to get their kids out of the country. because war is only cool when you see it in the movies it's not fun. if someday there's nothing left of it makes life worth living there's still enough music you can listen to to stay alive that's what i thought when i was 14.

i made sure as he made it through these difficult units and went on to study electronic composition. i've always wanted to play an instrument really well that's why i built an instrument where i would start a player in the world. what looks like a space a guitar is a kind of mixing console that controls sounds and visual effects electronically this is true this is free here you've got different ways just play with chord and mix sounds absolutely. astounding the cigs and i can overlay that with effects. on the indian woman who is often and when i'm playing on stage and i think i've had a really good groove to that i can push this. and record on

a. little 3 this is the smallest piece here on the planet biggest piece. these days i make sure the pets are not as collected with musicians from all over the world stage in costume design and dances just and photography was. in when i was called so when i realized that hardly anyone who's come here from another corner of the world did so ball and generally. you think people emigrate just because they enjoy it. most of them are actually in exile that's how we came up with our name. orchestra. class from iran is that enough for you. is from germany brian from the us they all have different mother tongues but the main language that connects them is music. their

new album the one. the architect. the graphic design a british. talents back in 2003 and founded the interior design label. meanwhile the love combined with textile design between. the world we met up with in the studio and. most sought after designers together they're known as the demo to the studio. their trademark is interiors combining elements from different. designs are much like colorful and luxurious.

we always want our interiors to take on a kind of pattern from the furniture and elements we choose. mix together as many things as we can so the apartment doesn't look new but gives the impression that the owners live there for some time. the. present. but if. they display their ideas in an expansive apartment in artists. they collect. with a passion and use them to create their particular trendy historical look. clients from all over europe. tracks the 2 designers to decorate their private residence in

. their style is in demand for public spaces as well for example. in paris. the arts club in london. and the fendi store in monaco. even as a little boy a 1000000 no style she would browse through design catalogues his parents were both cabinet makers he finds inspiration for his ideas at every turn. our work is like one big puzzle with lots of pieces that we've put together one after the. one. in recent years the 2 designers have been acclaimed almost like stars at milan's furniture fairs. their latest installation of interiors is titled interstellar. space was the inspiration for

a vision that's both futuristic and spiritedly decadent. so we have started. this. that would see realistic arm chairs created by chilean artists roberto mata in the 1970 s. but now recovered in bronze. their vintage object collection had nothing related to the interstellar scene so she created new pieces of furniture for it. though. it wasn't because there aren't any contemporary designers we like. but the shape colors and materials of our own design. us to create

a particular atmosphere neuer. in 2008 did more of a studio also began producing textiles sometimes the designers couldn't find the right prints for their interiors so they simply designed the fabrics themselves as with this strong belief garden chair. for this pattern we drew inspiration from the building facades we see in the lawn and on our trips. here you see it on a kind of rough here fabric for outside use. in the heart of their collection is dedicated to a. current favorite artist fellow melanie's gabriella christie who turned out design in the 1980 s. . i think you compare you see these things wherever you want. them. they come across

as luxurious without being vulgar. with god it did more to his studio is having the kresge lamps and furniture faithfully reproduced and manufactured interior designers these them as ideal for their fairy tale worlds. finally one of the world's leading lyric tennis peter schreier passed away this week aged 84 shy was one of the artists in communist east germany who were allowed to travel and perform in the west he chose to remain living in east germany not because he supported the regime but rather not to be parted from his beloved hometown of dresden he was also a renowned conductor but it was the purity of his tenor voice that was his greatest assets was the shots.

i saw was. singing box christmas oratory oh the german tenor conquered stages across europe. after that i always made sure not to sing with any mannerisms i wanted my singing to sound natural i thought that's what the audience would be the most receptive to this. it. was born in 1935 in nazi germany at the age of 8 he joined dresden famed boys' choir the quite score studied singing and conducting in what became communist east germany and was one of the few artists allowed to perform in the west. at his farewell concert in 2000 he said one of his favorite roles tamino and mozart's magic flute. oh. didn't retire yet he continued his career as

a conductor from vienna to new york and yet he always felt a strong connection to home been of a desire to have said it many times but i really am a fan of where i am from provincial he would hurt my soul if i couldn't be interested. in places and countries. died in dresden he was 84 years old. british rocker died on wednesday we've also lost one of the great composers of broadway musicals jerry herman who's died at age 88 in his beloved florida he wrote a cultural follow the name but his most famous work was hello dolly i leave you with a classic scene from the movie which starred streisand and there was armstrong. that. found her. that.

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