links for centuries and battles the size to the positive connections between the two are only apparent so joining rotterdam is as we start this week's program here i think institutes operating in more than eighty countries worldwide it for me it's the study of german i was abroad and provides information on the country's culture society and politics to live here place thousands of books and everything plus the recent german philosopher karl marx to russian travel guides and cities. and munich to sweden since i'm very happy that people around the country are interested in our work here at the center we have german language classes organized various cultural events together with her partners and also inform people of our country. there are thousands of german expatriates now living in moscow and with the business links growing stronger every year entrepreneurial muscovites once a part of it there are usually ten to eighteen students language classes the majority of whom are russian the three month calls cost around ten thousand roubles the brown three hundred fifty dollars. the institute opens the doors to t

he studied at the rotterdam conservative tris. with over 1,000 compositions. lassic radio from netherlands to south africa. this is our first opportunity in the united states to experience his music on the air. every television broadcaster used to have a commitment to the arts. there was a time when networks had their own orchestras. when leonard bernstein would introduce young people to classical music on the air. will while the programming focus has shifted for other broadcasters public television remains committed to the arts. including new artists like jan mulder. your contribution makes that possible. please make an investment in the arts with your contribution. just call the number on your screen. >> scott sauer back with jan. now jan the first part of the program we had compositions from some of the great masters, mozart and verde but you performed some of your own original compositions. you compose, you arrange, you conduct. you play piano. is there a favorite that you do? >> i think composing is one of my favorites because i have that musical thoughts