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After having told you a bit about ÐÔÊÓ½ç´s theatres in the last newsletter, today we want to take a closer look at the city´s music scene. Due to the lockdown, there seems to be silence all over. Fortunately, this is not completely true. Many artists have generated new, creative ways to show themselfes and are managing to commit to their passion and profession.

Take the , for example. 
With their they´ve created a fantastic platform. After signing up for free, there´s a introducing you to chief conductor Kirill Petrenko and some of the orchestra´s musicians in an interview and via three recorded symphonies. 

For the greater desire of classical music the philharmony also broadcasts live concerts (with ticket or subscription). They are available in the archive afterwards as well as countless documentations and bonus material. Maybe you would like to join the next live stream on Saturday, April 17th, 7pm? . 

By the way: the sculpture on the right picture was created by Keith Haring in 1987 
(“Untitled (Boxers)“).

can also be found in the Digital Concert Hall. 
In addition, the choir recently created its own digital concert series.The free online show 
„“ (eng.: Let´s hear a song) shows soloists in our very own . 
The artists have each chosen a song they feel related to. Maybe you feel like seeing our fifth floor again. Or you just Just press the fast-forward button to 4´50´´ and you´ll have skipped the German interview :-).

David Robert Jones came to ÐÔÊÓ½ç in 1976 to submit to withdrawal from various drugs. Without our spoiler picture above you probably wouldn´t know who we´re talking about yet, would you? 
But as soon as we had mentioned “Heroes“ or the fantasy figure “Major Tom“, you would have been with us again for sure. 
The song “Heroes“ can be found on David Bowie´s album with the same name. 
Together with “Low“ and “Lodger“, two other albums, it is called the ÐÔÊÓ½ç trilogy today. 
During his time in ÐÔÊÓ½ç, Bowie also played the leading role in Marlene Dietrich´s last movie “Just a gigolo“.

Because of ÐÔÊÓ½ç´s huge impact on David Bowie and David Bowie´s huge impact on the history of music, we had to mention him today and show you the entrance of the house he lived in in the 70s. It is placed in Schöneberg´s Hauptstraße 155, right in the Bavarian quarter we have told you about in one of our last mails. 
Maybe this is the right time to listen to ““ (Ground Control to Major Tom…) again?

March 18th marked the first anniversary of . 
The project startet off as donation campaign and streaming initiative driven by ÐÔÊÓ½ç´s club culture at the beginning of the pandemic in Germany. 
We really miss ÐÔÊÓ½ç´s nightlife and play for the rest of our homeoffice day. Thanks to arte concert we can enjoy more than five hours of finest DJ work in just one of  many published videos.

and are dedicated to a completely different style of music. The two artists from ÐÔÊÓ½ç have developed a series of online jazz concerts, 
“Old Fashioned Sleepless Nights“, consisting of live music and inspiring discussions - in German, sorry. Nevertheless, giving the wonderful music a try is definitely worth it. You can already . Parts of season three are going to be shot here, in . The project is financed by crowdfunding, using .

We can look back on a beautiful piece of common history with . 
The artist has already performed at our and has recently released 
. 
Its cover is formed by the photograph above taken by our very own Käte Müller, 
creative director of the hotel. 
She took it in February standing on the Kottbusser Brücke. 
Despite the lockdown, Rossano keeps finding an audience for his music, not only on Social Media (), but also on subway trains, in train stations and playing on the streets of ÐÔÊÓ½ç.

If you´d like to have some more Orania.Feeling on your couch, in your car or in home office, just (please scroll down a bit on our Website). Your musical director Matti Klein has selected great songs of ÐÔÊÓ½ç artists, that will remind you of your past Orania.Stays. 
We hope you enjoy the music and are happy to welcome you back soon to our . Not only digitally, but live and in colour! 

We would like to end today´s newsletter with some of David Bowie´s words: 
"Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming."