and news that might leave some shaken not stirred american pop star billy eilish has recorded the theme to the next bond flick the new track and movie are due in spring. it's an unfortunate fact that anti-semitic crimes are on the rise in germany a savage attack on a synagogue in harlow last october is just one example. of it is an artist who doesn't mince his words the german russian pianist with jewish roots speaks out openly and often against anti-semitism and right wing hatred last week in berlin the international auschwitz committee ordered him for his stance which hasn't been without consequences. or leave it in the last few minutes before the show meditated and focused.

but what the berlin audience at the pierre boulez sol don't know this is no ordinary concert there were security personnel at the stage door and throughout the concert hall the reason death threats against the musician. i don't face some. and. it does not produce fear. but it does produce a great deal of anger and i. know for myself the apathy and the action of so many members of our society of my society this is causing me a great deal of anger that's how i deal in about i'm going into into actual. leave it is fighting back on twitter he takes a political stance against anti-semitism racism and massaging many including robert harvick leader of the german green party supporter others including supporters of the far right party a f d e. death threats pardon my language whatever out there is sending these threats.

does not make a distinction between is he an artist a doctor or a politician or whatsoever these fascist will dislike whatever you do whoever you are they will threaten you i can name the a.f.d. party in germany a fascist party i leave it has found his political home with the greens where he is now a member at a recent event celebrating the 40th anniversary of the party he met former green leader jim as dimia a man who also knows what it's like to receive death threats. you know he's very outspoken in his statements pro-democracy and anti extremism that's why i really admire him for his courage and fortunately he's receiving death threats of course we talk about it but every year meyer is going to take it with

humor you know he's not there cut tribe of guy it was as though i will change my life friends it will affect the way i'm behaving i'm talking i'm walking through the streets he doesn't do that. but death threats come as late it is at the height of his career to celebrate 202250th anniversary of the birth of beethoven live it has released a mammoth recording of all 32 of beethoven's piano sonatas it's been a critical and commercial hit but beethoven isn't live it's only source of inspiration. this music gives me energy powerful quotes from both of us writing this is not sort of my most important source of energy my friends are people who are around here. eagerly but was 8 when he left russia with his parents for germany an immigrant and a jew he knows what exclusion feels like buddy quote from american writer james baldwin give some hope. i'm wearing a bracelet here. i can't be

a pessimist because i'm alive. and i have nothing to absolve out. or leave it continues to fight for his beliefs for tolerance for a better world and his fans celebrate him for that as well as far as he's. unbelievably admirable man and joining me to talk for about a miscount rockstro thanks for coming in again scott igor leavitt has been very outspoken against racism and right wing violence and hatred for some time now which of course has made him a target of extremists but it seems to only make him stronger yeah i think it's significant because he's such an important figure in the classical world and he's one of the greatest classical pianist of his generation and he's been very politically it's spoken for quite some time now i mean a couple of years ago he received an echo which is sort of the german equivalent of a grammy award and he gave the echo back because the organization that gives them out also gave one of these awards to 2 german rappers who are infamous for using

very anti sematic a massage as the lyrics and in part because of his stand the act was actually had to have to close down so his words have weight and his message political message actually is very very simple what i mean he's basically just saying that if we want to preserve the democratic society that we have the free and open society that we have politicians and ordinary people have to have to take a stand to have to take action against against hate now one of the reasons his political platform is is so effective is because he is such an accomplished musician best known for his interpretations of beethoven obviously this is the beethoven years we'll be hearing a lot from that composer what is so special about the way that interprets. they told us live it's very interesting because he approaches this 19th century composer in i think completely new way i mean what he often does with his interpretations of beethoven is the he slows the music down he slows the tempo down and and in doing

so he finds sort of new emotional levels and subtleties that maybe have been missed i mean people think of a whole at least i do as being very sort of bombastic of bombastic and you know knocking you over what would later finds is is subtleties within the music we were lucky enough when we shot the piece to be able to record one of his rehearsals or he was performing so there's a very special treat on take a bit of a listen to. that pianist. so maybe it says that beethoven's music is both his own and his source of the unknown i find interesting is that he says most important guiding force is artistic lives. yes no i mean as i said what's fun so interesting to me is 32 but he is sort of almost reinventing our the way we look at beethoven he's

finding new ways new new secrets that we haven't discovered from this 19th century composer and you know he said much more obviously in the in the interview there in the piece about why he thinks that beethoven's music is so powerful and so relevant today so let's have a quick listen to more from it it's in the most beautiful way it's and it's it's kind of an emotionally really violent music attorney grabs you at your neck and it is music which produces an incredible amount of feeling of participation and you as a listener you as a listener. whoever you are whatever p.c. here at some point will feel a moment off participation like you. so interesting. because he's so direct really and he also talked in that interview about the danger of beethoven's music so that it's definitely not a cakewalk even for a pro very very interesting stuff there so eager live it obviously. performing all

of those incidents in october if i'm not mistaken so we'll hear lots more from him during the beethoven year and thanks very much to scott ross for coming in and telling us more. well it's that time again for the winter edition of the biannual berlin fashion week now that's when some $70000.00 industry reps and fashionistas of every ilk descend on the capital for a look at what to expect for fall and winter of 2021 and the current darling of the german fashion scene is william fallon a german with chinese roots his cultural background is often reflected in his designs but he dedicated his latest collection to his beloved home base of. the t.v. tower is one of the capital's most recognizable landmarks but it's never served as a location for a fashion show before designer william fallon made it happen unveiling his latest collection and metallics famous revolving restaurant. is the high point.

chose to showcase the collection in the t.v. tower because. to the city i wanted to have an icon of the city as a. collection that featured men and women's wear and captured the fabled vibrancy of the city that william found now. is a major source of inspiration for me if i can find a certain piece here and i get to meet a lot of people great great musicians great. people in the creative industries so there's always a very lively exchange of ideas we meet up in fantastic restaurants exciting there's a unique scene here so there's so much going on in the city. for. the designers set up his label here 5 years ago. one of his biggest supporters is christiana editor in chief.

i'm a huge fan of william he's one of my proteges if i may call him that. i like the fact that he's true to himself designers need to build an identity. one with a strong recognition factor do you that me to ag pena it's and william does that in a very unique way william alf minds argue god them buys a back to the runway in shown as striking fusion of glam a quirky detail that and bold saloon at the it went down well with the audience which included a fair few celebrity i sense rudest comes the song us i thought it was extremely varied so as a resource that and how can i put it very well balanced inspiring but at the same times very condoms moves in short ms i love the show i'm a big found of william this was one of the most interesting shows in fashion week in my opinion anyway differently one of the most the aesthetic still from the

dissenting i'm still has his own distinctive language does it was a good mix of extravagant but also relaxed there something lovely about that and it's all theory wearable of a special show in a special location the highlights of berle in fashion week the it really stood out william fan his a designer who is definitely need going to play says and roll wrap up with been years that american indeed pop artist billy islets has recorded the theme song for the next bond movie at 8 teams should the youngest performer ever it's a have the honor of and the song for nope time to die isn't out yet but eilish of course has excellent credentials with her hit song the ad guy which practically fits the bill so will leave your with an impression of what it could sound like all of us russ here in berlin and schuster were york of was just to get to you yes

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