Patti Smith will be honored with the International Beethoven Prize 2020

Patti Smith (73), American punk and rock musician and poet, will be honored with the International Beethoven Prize 2020. She received the award, endowed with 10,000 euros, for her commitment to human rights, peace, freedom, poverty reduction, inclusion and climate protection, as announced by the Beethoven Academy as the host one day before the celebrations for Beethoven's 250th birthday. The award ceremony is scheduled for June 7th. Smith gave countless protest and benefit concerts for AIDS victims, the democracy movement in the USA and against the Iraq war, so the reasoning. #PattySmith #BeethovenPrice #Beethoven

OMNIVERSAL EARKESTRA - Le Mali 70 Album out now

In 2019, the Berlin Omniversal Earkestra re-recorded with legends like Salif Keïta their old songs from the 70s . Eight young wind musicians had traveled to Mali from Germany. Usually, the jazz and classical musicians meet every Monday in changing Berlin underground clubs. "Le Mali 70" is the name of the album that the Munich-based Trikont label has just released on CD and vinyl, almost a year after the recordings in Mali.  #LeMali70 #OmniversalEarkestra

Liraz - Mahtab Live from Anova

Groundbreaking musical project by Liraz which combines modern sounds and beats with the ethnic flavour from her persian roots. This video is the first live session for her single - Mahtab . Give it up for LIRAZ !

Liraz Charhi: An Israeli singer sings on Farsi

One could call it subversive diplomacy: For her new album "Zan", the Israeli Liraz Charhi has secretly collaborated with musicians from Iran. Iran and Israel have been hostile to each other for decades. Officially, there should be no contact between the two countries. But then there are people like Liraz Charhi who practice diplomacy in their very own way. On Youtube, Lariz Charhi meanwhile has a large fan base in Iran. Over and over again, Iranian fans upload videos on which they dance to their songs. And that, even though women in Iran are not allowed to dance in public.