Although it is a cruel story from the pen of the Roman poet Ovid, it shall nevertheless be told here: One day the...
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Hallstatt in Austria
In the Austrian Salzkammergut lies one of the most beautiful UNESCO World Heritage Sites in our country, which even...
All good things come in threes
In Christian symbolism the number three plays an important role, I am thinking for example of the Three Kings or the...
The Vltava
"The Vltava" is one of the works known to everyone. At least everyone who has heard the piece once has its powerfully...
The “Klapotetz”
If you visit the wine-growing areas in the south of Styria, you will notice the large windmills everywhere, which not...
Chicken Marengo
Only hesitantly could the old powers agree on a common action against revolutionary France. After the "first...
The Mailänderli
Mailänderli are the most popular and most frequently baked Christmas biscuit in Switzerland. In Austria, of course, we...
The Klemmkuchen – its history
The Fläming is a historically grown cultural landscape in the border region between Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt,...
Olivier Messiaen – a blackbird for the flutist
I probably don't think of any other composer as often as I think of Messiaen in my daily life - at least not with this...
Johann Strauss Radetzky March
It is probably the best known and most played march in the world: the Army March II dedicated to Field Marshal Josef...
Ravel’s Bolero – a classic earworm
Maurice Ravel composed his Bolero in 1928 for the dancer Ida Rubinstein. Throughout his life, he was to have a very...
European food culture around 0 and 1500
Despite all the contrasts in our modern world and despite all the differences between the cultures and regions of this...
History of the Flower Island Mainau
The flower island of Mainau is one of the most visited attractions on Lake Constance. There are very few travel groups...
Daniel Dorff and his many, great works for flute
Daniel Dorff is an American composer. He was born in 1956 in New Rochelle/New York and studied at Cornell University...
The king’s new snoopers!
Imagine the following: You are still sitting slightly sleepy and unsuspecting at your morning coffee. Suddenly your...