berlin based designer william fan is the current darling on the german fashion scene and he's top of the town after lame fashion week. and news that might leave town shaken not stirred american pop star billy irish 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 did 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 non-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 semite. ism racism and massaging many including

robert hartwig leader of the german green party supporting others including supporters of the far right party a.f.p. issued 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 this fascist will dislike whatever you do whoever you are they will threaten you i can name the a.f.p. party in germany a fascist party. 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 jem as dimia a man who also knows what it's like to see death threats. and he's very outspoken in his statements pro-democracy and anti extremism that's why i

really admire him for his courage show for should these receiving death threats of course we talk about it with whatever you mire is good he takes it with humor you know he's not the country type of guy who says oh i will change my life friends it will affect the way i'm behaving i'm talking i was walking through the streets he doesn't do drugs and. the death threats come as late it is at the height of his career to celebrate 2020 the 250th anniversary of the birth of beethoven david 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 its only source of inspiration. this music gives me energy powerful quotes from beethoven's writing this is not sort of my most important source of energy my friends are people who are around here. igor leave it 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 apple about. 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 some more about him is scott rockstro thanks for coming in again scott igor live it 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 and i think it's significant because he's such an important figure in the classical world i mean he's one of the greatest classical pianist of his generation and he's been very politically a 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 are using a very anti sematic to massage mystic lyrics and in part because of his stand the act was actually had had 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 leave it 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 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 and 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. a pianist. so maybe it's a tomans music is both his safe zone and his source of the unknown i find interesting is that this is most important guiding force its artistic lives are.

yes no i mean as i said what's fun so interesting he's 32 but he is sort of almost reinventing our the way we look at beethoven he's finding new ways new new secrets that you 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 katrina grabs you at your neck. it is music which produces an incredible amount of feeling of participation you as a listener you as a listener. whoever you are whatever p.c. here at some point will feel a moment of participation like you. are 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 eagerly that 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 that's when some 100000 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 that's how it's famous revolving restaurant. is the high point that we chose to showcase the collection in the t.v. tower because it's 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 finally years ago. one of his biggest supporters is

. editor in chief of german vogue. 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 and designers need to build an identity. one with a strong recognition factor to you that you back pedal and william does that in a very unique way william our lives to god and buys. back to the runway show as striking fusion of glamour quirky detail and bold silhouette that went down well with the audience which included a fair few celebrities. come through the stands i thought it was extremely varied as a resource and how can i put it very well balanced inspiring but at the same time

very calm. and short as i love the show i'm a big fan of william this was one of the most interesting shows in fashion week in my opinion anyway definitely one of the most aesthetic in the us and i'm still has his own distinctive language it was a good mix of extravagant but also relaxed there's something lovely about that and it's all very wearable. a special show in a special location the highlights of berlin fashion week that really stood out william fallon is a designer who is definitely going places. and we'll wrap up with the news that american indian pop artist billy islets has recorded the theme song for the next bond movie at 18 she's the youngest performer ever to have the honor and the song for no time to die isn't out yet but eilish of course has excellent credentials with her hit song the odd guy which practically fits the bill so we'll leave you with an impression of what it could sound like all

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