Wherever people come together, music is played. It accompanies celebrations and processions, protests and farewells. It passes on languages, beliefs and stories. Our photo features seek out the places where music is created and lives on: in the pub, in the church, in the concert hall, in the foundry, on the street. We meet musicians, dancers, singers and craftspeople. We listen, ask questions and explain what we hear. These stories are for anyone who wants to listen – even if they can’t read music.
Bagpipes, fiddle and Gaelic
The music came to Nova Scotia with Gaelic-speaking settlers and has remained there ever since. An evening at the Red Shoe Pub in Mabou shows just how vibrant it is today
Salzburg: Grand opera on 12 strings
The stage is a proscenium box with a sense of depth. The characters are made of wood. At the Salzburg Marionette Theatre, great craftsmanship creates an enchanting illusion.
On the bus to Sound of Music bliss
The Original Sound of Music Tour. Four hours in the Salzkammergut, somewhere between Hollywood and contemporary history
Sun Salutation with Mozart
A symbiosis in Salzburg: Mozart used to give concerts here even as a child. At the DomQuartier, his music is now being combined with yoga for the first time
Pilgrimage to Anatolia
In December, thousands flock to the Şeb-i Arus in Konya. It’s all about Sufism, dervish ceremonies and Rūmī’s spiritual heritage
Germany can’t you see that? A warning call.
A journey through the dramatic years 1929 to 1933, the downfall of the Weimar Republic. Actor Roman Knižka and the Ensemble Opus 45 combine literature and music to warn of the creeping collapse of democratic values
Vinyl from Detroit
Detroit was broke, vinyl was dead. Both are back. Third Man Records produces limited edition records – and a profession that nobody needed anymore
Semana Santa – Easter in Cuenca
The Passion of Christ is depicted in elaborately staged processions against a medieval backdrop with meter-high Passion figures
The Sound of Music-Trail
They know the lyrics and have the dance steps down pat: set jetters from all over the world are drawn to the Salzburg region. A musical romance from 1965 is to blame
City walk with Mozart
Mozart is Salzburg’s genius loci. On a Mozart City Walk through the old town, you will encounter the historical, the hilarious, the controversial and the absurd.
Soundtrack of the Day
In Reykjavik, Herakut reminds us to take every moment seriously. The artists make positive signs of life and thought in dark places of many cities.
Flamenco in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
Every year in May it gets crowded in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. Roma families make a pilgrimage to Black Sara. Flamenco of the Camargue Gitanos resounds in the narrow streets
Caribbean weekend in Grenada
Weekend tip for the Caribbean island of Grenada: conquer the island on a cross-country run on Saturday and get carried away at a gospel service on Sunday
The village trutz
On February 27, 2016, the former villagers of Borschemich gathered to cut down the old village linden tree. The last landmark of the village, whose inhabitants had to make way for opencast lignite mining against their will, thus disappears
