120 filmmakers and musicians created this immersive tribute to the ryan's. welcome to arts and culture for about a century now some people have promoted the theory that luther's fun beethoven had black ancestors the rumor is largely based on portraits of beethoven showing a somewhat broader nose and darker complection than many northern europeans now this year marks 2 and a half centuries since beethoven's birth and in time for the occasion the rumor is back but it's not just about beethoven it's about an overdue conversation about racism in the world of classical music. beethoven really black the debate has been cool seeing through social media of light but the theory. of. us civil rights fight amount can get it was even the topic of this 969 peanuts comic strip.

i think it would be really held areas if we were able to find definitive information that beethoven's black because look all of these marketing part departments they're going to be in complete terror they planned this entire birthday season around a black man so this would be really i think it would be fantastic. american conductor brandon keith brown lives in berlin and works with renowned orchestras as a black conductor he's somewhat of a rarity both in europe and the us we don't see black conductors we don't see black artists i think it's funny into the orchestras don't play black composers so if they tovan is indeed black we have to stop playing it in the last months discussions in the classical music world have pointed out why is classical music still by and large so white. classical music divide

society by race and class like no other shondra and i say if you base your business on a very small group of white people your business isn't music is actually white supremacy . brown has been very public in his fuse piece detailed his obsession experiences in concert roles in numerous interviews and articles. i don't honestly i never go to concerts makes me feel like an alien like why is he here it's always very suspicious. so what has to change. we have to learn to become comfortable with being uncomfortable that's the only way that we can succeed in this it's not by representational alone it's not by trying to make beethoven black necessarily it's by learning to become comfortable with people that we haven't been socialized with. racism is

everywhere ink. looting in the elite world of european classical music so can classical music provide a solution. we need something spiritual that will connect us and allow us to share into things and music is the only thing that does that. base hovan did have african ancestors would it change classical music build bridges across society the questions and maybe as interesting as any answer. and my colleague michael kruger has been looking more into this story mike and before we get into this any further is it possible sure it could be possible because his family is from fleming and belgium and at times it was occupied by the spanish army and it's believed that in the spanish army there were also soldiers from north

africa that the rule has been around for very long time now for about 100 of years as far as we know contemporaries describe beatles as their docs frizzy hair and black eyes you see what they meant in these paintings but again scholars have always refused it theory and if you follow the hashtag beethoven was black then you find out that most of the people are interested in provocation right now i've also been seeing some tweets by black musicians and they're saying why are we focused so much on beethoven's possible blackness when there are classical musicians and composers are definitely were black who maybe deserve more attention and they are right because they are so many exciting personalities and stories a friend of beethoven for example was black he was a little was and even wrote a piece because he was so good in playing the by aliens just bridgewater was his

name the son of a black servant he even played for the british king later he died and poverty and there was another one. what a name he was the guy in france in the 18th century only a composer was always he was also the teacher of money antoinette and here we see samuel called which taylor he died and 912 pieces are still played today although he's british he's set as a leading role for many americans just 3 very all the examples. they all mates classical history and so even this. is not black they have their place in the classical music scene so black people in classical music are absolutely nothing new thank you so much mike a cougar thank you. now if you've seen the netflix series an orthodox then you've

heard the music of berlin based d.j. catnap or sometimes dark electronic tracks provide the sound of youth and freedom the main character s.t. finds in berlin after she runs away from her alter orthodox jewish community in new york before the series started catnap already had fans now though she's got a following. catnaps trance melodies and electronic beats fill the club in this scene from unorthodox it's a party unlike anything it see the main character has ever seen before. the argentinian d.j. and musician has lived in berlin since 2015 and she's been making music since 2010 and has released 4 albums to date. the kind of music that i may have no idea how to classify it it's

a mix between. the dark side heavy electronic and also the meaning of the songs the message is always very personal and very deep and very emotional. catnaps music is heard in a number of scenes throughout the series on the track during the main love scene was her piece called funda after the streaming of unorthodox the song was the most searched track on the app shows and i think that this song was used very well in this scene it made some people cry and that's what i want. to make people cry. catnap a shared stages with leading acts of the electronic music scene like the german jew i moved to select all. in 2019 she performed at the sonar festival in barcelona.

and at the 3 h.d. festival indonesia. has a unique musical style but says she's open to all kinds of music sometimes they ask me like what is your music guilty pleasure i am not ashamed of music that i like. things that i like i mean there's nothing to be ashamed of people are like oh no don't say this don't say that you listen to one of these get out of bed is but in your house before you know what it's great i'm a big person because there was news today the series on the orthodox gave catnap the international break story the new e.p. damage is out and offers a change of pace for him many new fans around the world. and we're heading out of the club now into daylight's to check out what's touted as europe's biggest and most powerful waterfall but how to capture switzerland's ryan falls and

a piece of art multimedia artist day out tanya has come up with this massive project. powerful water masses and foaming spring the rhine falls portrayed in a $360.00 degree work of art the visitors can emerge themselves in these images of the art installation reality the rhine falls in 4 seasons the project which brings the waterfall to my life has been set up as a panoramic projection in an industrial hall right above the real waterfall close to the swiss city of shop homes on the rhine river plunges some 23 meters into the depths of a site that through tony orlow to this day the swiss artist grew up here. proof that dollars and for 15000 years this water has been flowing down here but it's. retreated it's always an impressive site so it kind of humbles you on the top. it has such an hour but it's also tranquil in

a way. some places are really shallow and soft goods right. they are tony only those installation aims to show how the phones change over the seasons. the out of your the immersive or the immersive art projects. we set up 4 cameras each taking a photo every minute. i photo that's about $2000000.00 pictures over the course of a year old it results. in a 40 minute film resulted from the vast number of pictures as well as drone and underwater recordings 28 projectors create a panorama show in a specially designed room it puts visitors in the center of the event. around 120 filmmakers musicians and sound engineers worked on the project a huge undertaking for tonio no lasting nearly 3 years now visitors can experience

the rhine falls in a completely new way. as is that this is a it's a synergy that we as artists have the means to show what people might not notice standing here or up or even moment the spot maybe and afterwards if you experience it through these technical or testing it made us you say hold on i didn't see it that way at all he got me so the disease. they are tony orlow has added a new chapter to the history of the rhine falls visually stunning and full of poetry. for more culture news check us out on facebook and twitter at d w culture and i'll leave you with some freshly sprayed urban art from a disused train station concourse in st got germany the building will eventually be replaced by a mall and a 4 star hotel for now though artists have taken over they call it the secret walls gallery thanks for watching arts and culture see you soon.

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