Dear all, This week I have for you: a stirring string quartet, a captivating film revisit, and thought-provoking insights that promise to delight and inform: Worth Listening To I highly recommend the vision string quartet and their two albums "Spectrum" and "memento". While the latter showcases
Dear all, This week, we're exploring the legacies of iconic artists and the melodies that shaped an era. Enjoy these carefully curated cultural snippets! Worth Watching I On Sunday, I attended the world premiere of "Misty - The Erroll Garner Story", a beautiful documentary about the
Dear all, This week's edition is a vibrant blend of music and art, seasoned with a dash of cinematic charm and delicious food from the heart of Bruges. Worth Checking Out If you're an avid reader of this publication, you've heard me rave about
Dear all, This week's cultural curation includes some beautiful music, a classic film, and a thought-provoking read: Worth Listening To Definitely dive into the studio recording of The People United Will Never Be Defeated! by Frederic Rzewski, beautifully interpreted by Vadym Kholodenko. Additionally, you're invited to
Dear all, this week, I'm inviting you all to dive in for a journey through classical tunes with a modern twist, marketing genius that goes beyond the pitch, and wisdom that endures. Enjoy! Worth Listening To A recent conversation with a dear friend led me to properly check
Dear all, This week's recommendations invite you to immerse yourself in elegance and creativity across genres. From the melodies that move us to the stories behind fashion's most celebrated figures, each suggestion is a step into a world of inspired beauty and innovation. I hope you
Dear all, here are this week's cultural recommendations: Worth Watching Definitely watch "3 Body Problem", the new creation by the showrunners of 'Game of Thrones', produced among others, by Rosamund Pike and Brad Pitt. Worth Following & Checking Out Bergson Kunstkraftwerk. Munich's
Dear all, here are this week's recommendations: Worth Watching & (And Probably Worth Reading) The Coming Wave is a new book from AI entrepreneur Mustafa Suleyman, serving as a guide to the just-starting technological revolution, the significant changes ahead, and the transformed world they will surely create. After
Dear all, here are this week's recommendations: Worth Watching While I'm personally still awaiting Guy Ritchie's sequel to his 2008 classic "Rock N Rolla", I've been enjoying his new series, "The Gentlemen", which has just arrived on Netflix.
Dear all, here are this week's recommendations for you: Worth Checking Out I'll be in Amsterdam in less than two weeks and can't wait to finally experience FUSE as well as the LGT Young Soloists live in concert. Definitely catch these two fantastic ensembles
Dear all, here are this week's recommendations for you: Fabulous Friend A huge shoutout and thank you to my buddy Ray Chen for generously sharing this newsletter on his Instagram last week - definitely follow him so you don't miss out on some superb new videos
Dear all, Welcome to our new subscribers, and a heartfelt thank you to everyone who shared last week's letter with their friends, family, and on social media. Your support truly makes a difference and creates my momentum for continuing this writing habit. Here are this week's
Dear all, here are this week's recommendations for you: Worth Listening To Through the hilarious German newsletter by Andreas Martin Hofmeir, I've been made aware that the tuba is the 'Instrument of the Year' for 2024. I urge you all to listen to Andreas&
Dear all, here's this week's cultural catch: Worth Listening To An album that has distinctly exceeded my expectations: 'Venice,' Anastasia Kobekina's debut on Sony Classical. My recommendation: get yourself a Bellini and enjoy this brilliant baroque jam session! (Current) top tracks: Antonio
Dear all, here's this week's cultural catch: Worth Listening To Yesterday morning I woke up to the exciting news that Julia Bullock and Christian Reif won a Grammy for their album "Walking In The Dark" and I couldn't be happier and more
Dear all, here's this week's cultural catch as well as some personal news: Worth Listening To Francesco Tristano is among the most versatile artists I know and I can whole-heartedly recommend literally all of his recordings and live shows: him playing the Bach Piano Concertos, his
Dear all, please enjoy this week's cultural catch: Worth Watching The Kominsky Method by legendary showrunner Chuck Lorre has had me laughing all week long so far. Starring Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin, it only consists of 22 episodes of 25min each across 3 seasons, so you'
Dear all, please enjoy this week's cultural catch: Worth Watching I'm late to the party and only a few episodes in, but Welcome to Wrexham is amazing, as is most of the stuff Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenney get into. They just won 5 EMMYS! Worth
Dear all, please enjoy this week's cultural catch: Worth Reading 'Nobody Knows What’s Happening Online Anymore' — a sentiment many of us might relate to. I found an insightful article with this very title on Weekly Filet, which I highly recommend exploring. Curious about what topped
Dear All, a very happy New Year! A few recommendations to get you started in 2024: Worth Reading I'm currently re-reading James Clear's "Atomic Habits" for the third time. Do check it out, applying the strategies explained in the book might help getting your
Dear All, here are some recommendations on how to spend the time between all those heavy meals over the holidays: In Tune Delve into the holiday spirit with Chilly Gonzales' "A Very Chilly Christmas", featuring unique solo piano renditions of classic Christmas songs, ideal for cozy evenings
In Unison - Anna Lapwood - I Cucali - Pretty Hotels - Navalmanack
The Diplomat - Horizn - Wigmore Hall - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Writings Sucks, Sometimes
Mein Hamburg, Made In Berlin, Waltzing Matilda, Thinking Sideways
Expected Reading Time: 75 seconds Recommended Time Spent on Links: 75 minutes Last weekend's letter outage was proudly caused by my travels to Vienna for the IAMA Conference – the biggest speed-dating festival between artist agents and concert presenters in the classical music sector. It was fantastic to reconnect
An Instagram Guide, from Beethoven to System Of A Down, an Apple Music Playlist, and a great quote to start the week.
1000 Subs, Johann Sebastian Bach, Tom Lehrer, Bar Brutal
The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A Fuck, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Joyce DiDonato, Roger Federer, Apple Music Classical, Coffee In Berlin
The Night Agent, Jamie Cullum, The Ocean Race, Connect The Dots, The Weekly Filet and lots of Spotify.
Dear all, after accidentally putting lots of trios in the last issue, this time I'm suggesting a couple of duos and two recommendations per section. Also, I'm adding in a second language. As you can see, this whole publication is very much work-in-progress, thank you for
A new company and the usual 3-2-1
Dear all, hopefully you’re all doing well - a warm welcome to all new subscribers! Since Covid eventually got me two weeks ago, screen time obviously increased even further, so here are my top 3 Things To Watch: On Netflix tick, tick...BOOM! Lin-Manuel Miranda's debut as
3 Ways In Which We Can Support Ukraine Right Away, 2 New Albums To Listen To, 1 Video To Watch
Dear all, here are my recommendations that should get you through February :) 3 Videos To Watch: I really enjoyed watching this cinematographic break-down of La La Land Opening Scene - so much to learn from. Barbara Hannigan and LUDWIG release a new album on March 11, 2022 called "DANCE
Dear all, thank you for reading along this year, here are a few more recommendations to get you through December! 3 Concert Recommendations Dec 02, 03 & 04 BERLIN, Philharmonie Chen Reiss sings Mahler 4 with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Semyon Bychkov, also on the menu is the new Piano
Ciao tutti, greetings from Milano, leaving Bella Italia after a most enjoyable week for Brussels - if you read my last newsletter, you know why! 3 Concert Recommendations: Nov 15, MILANO, Teatro alla Scala Robert Trevino makes his debut with the Filarmonica della Scala. The soloist for Mozart Violin Concerto
Dear all, my apologies for missing out again last week, but here are some superb sopranos you should really listen to live or on their brilliant recordings this coming week! 3 Operas To Attend Barbara Hannigan's return as LULU to La Monnaie in Brussels has been met with
Dear all, hope this finds you all very well! Sorry for the long radio silence, (writing) habits are harder to build than it seems. Anyway, I've recommended James Clear's Atomic Habits before and now it's time to go on step further and apply his
Dear all, just coming out of a LIVE concert featuring pianist Claire Huangci, which you should really try to catch as well: next chances are tomorrow in Zürich and on July 21st together with the Minguet Quartet at Schloss Johannisberg as part of the Rheingau Musik Festival - I had
Dear all, a brief newsletter this time - I'm busy reading James Clear's Atomic Habits, since I really want to make this newsletter writing habit become succesful and enjoyable for you :) This week, I also had the pleasure to chat with tenor Berthold Schindler for his
