Ein Fernsehmoderator, Geschäftsmann, Komponist von Werbejingles und TV-Musik - aber eigentlich: ein grandioser Jazz-Gitarrist ...

4. On the desk, right in front of me, two piles of poems lie. 5. In one of them, that I already know, taloons are nowhere to be found. 6. In the other, though, I do not yet know if taloons, or talons, ...

There was a redheaded man who had no eyes or ears. He didn’t have hair either, so he was called a redhead arbitrarily. He couldn’t talk because he had no mouth. He didn’t have a nose either. He didn’t ...

The Highwaymen, bestehend aus den Musiklegenden Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson und Willie Nelson, war die erste Supergroup der amerikanischen Country-Musik. Im Jahr 1990 gaben sie ...

With the start of the 2026/27 season, Marie Jacquot takes up the post of chief conductor of the WDR Sinfonieorchester. A conductor of equal authority in the opera house and the concert hall, the Paris ...

Cristian Măcelaru is one of the outstanding international conductors of his generation. From the 2019/20 to 2024/25 seasons, he was principal conductor of the WDR Symphony Orchestra, and in 2025/26 he ...

At the heart of the WDR Symphony Orchestra’s mission is the conviction that classical music, with its more than 500-year heritage, belongs in public life. Rooted in Cologne – where it is resident at ...

An African asylum seeker burns to death whilst in police custody in 2005. Officials claim that the man. whose feet and hands had been tied, had set fire to himself. Despite repeated attempts over 15 ...

This guide provides practical advice for composers and arrangers who write music for the WDR Big Band. Using our collective years of experience as a guide, we have compiled some informative ...

Holding the post from 1965 to 1981, Claus Hinrich Casdorff was MONITOR's first editor-in-chief. After almost 17 years, the magazine then experienced its first personnel change with the appointment of ...