We were happy to accept Hanna and Chris' invitation to a special kind of music event at the Bavarian Music Academy at Schloss Alteglofsheim, where four rock bands from the Rentner-Rock project demonstrated their skills.

In the first chapter of the season, themed "Portraits of the Lions", I go to "Duke's Place" with my trio and hand-picked soloists to pay homage to Duke Ellington, the most influential musician in jazz history.

The musical culture that has existed and developed for thousands of years is still highly topical in Turkey today. Today's form of Turkish music is essentially shaped by the Ottoman culture, but also influenced by the Persian and Arabic culture.

During our stay at the campsite in Pielenhofen, we received an invitation from Chris to take part in an evening of music of the genre "The World of Rock" in Wörth an der Donau.

It was another encounter that you can never expect or plan to bring about that ultimately brought us into contact with Alex and Melanie.

A gathering of people initiated the first encounter with Andreas. Just when you got closer the reason for the crowd become clear, because almost shyly, at least compared to the big stages of the Grenzenlos Festival, the soft tones of an instrument could be heard here that enchanted the people.

One time again, we met a colorful and vivacious musician due to the internet. Published on the internet, The Friendship Concert news crossed our path with pianist and composer Murat Ömür Tuncer from Antalya.

As part of our project "Understanding and cultural journey along Roman roads" we traveled to Regensburg in the past few weeks to prepare for a partial event.

The band Lucky Troubles from Poznań was founded in 2022. Founding fathers were three experienced musicians who appear almost daily on the music scene in Poznań and Bydgoszcz.

I first met Chris, the bass player, last year during the German-Turkish Friendship Festival in Izmir, where Chris was a guest musician with the group Backdoor Connection.

This year, our cultural festival, which is literature oriented with integration main theme, will be organized for the first time in the city of Regensburg in Germany’s Bavaria State and your visits during the festival will make us happy.
Throughout the festival, besides of dynamic discussion and conversation platforms, reading activities, workshops, music and theater performances; the booths of books, travel and musical instruments with catering booths will be ready to serve you.

On the evening after the first day of the seminar in Adrasan, there was not only an excellent dinner, but also a musical conclusion with traditional music on the instrument "Saz", which can also be described as traditional, performed by the head of the AKVAM, Prof. Erol Esen himself.

As guests of Georg once again in Kutzenhausen, we were able to take part in a rehearsal evening of the band "Backdoor Connection" in their practice rooms near Augsburg.

You don't necessarily have to be a Genesis fan to enjoy and appreciate Steve Hackett's virtuoso guitar playing, his band around singer Nad Sylvan (almost a copy of Peter Gabriel's voice) are also absolutely convincing in the intonation of the music from 1973 from the LPs "Foxtrott" and "Selling England by the pound".

The extraordinary location and the extraordinary background (see background picture by Hiroyuki Masuyama) for a musical event also attracted our interest, a piano / cello concert by Margarita Mikhnievych (piano) and Peter Sarkar (cello) in the Rothamel Gallery in Erfurt.

After visiting a friend in Schweinfurt, we noticed the numerous posters and flags that pointed to the upcoming Honky Tonk Music Festival.

In the run-up to the German-Turkish Friendship Festival in Izmir, the organizational team of the Izmir Consulate and Alaturka had engaged the Augsburg band Backdoor Connection, who were to be invited as musical guests to the Friendship Day.

For many years there has been a band in Augsburg dedicated to the interpretation of pop music classics, the name: "TRIPLE TALK".

How about an individually composed gift bag full of THE STORY OF JAZZ goodies as a Christmas present?

Loreena's The Visit Revisited tour, commemorating the 30th anniversary of her life-changing, Juno Award-winning album The Visit, has doubled in size since it was first announced in April.