Author: Adelheid Feilcke

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Fritz Schulze (photo: Adelheid Feilcke)

Interview with Fritz Schulze

"Islam is deeply rooted in Indonesian democracy"

A lively debate is currently raging in Indonesia on how Islamic norms can be reconciled with democratic values. Liberals and fundamentalists, moderates and reactionaries are engaging in verbal skirmishes. Adelheid Feilcke asked Fred Schulze, an expert on Southeast Asia, what this debate means for the world's largest Islamic countryMore

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Turkish composer Tolga Yayalar (photo: DW)

Interview with Turkish composer Tolga Yayalar

Inspired by the sound of Gezi

Turkish composer Tolga Yayalar was inspired by the sounds of the 2013 Gezi Park protests when composing his work "Tableaux Vivants d'une Résistance", which was performed recently for the first time by the Bilkent Youth Symphony Orchestra at the Beethovenfest in Bonn. Adelheid Feilcke spoke to the composerMore

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Two of the whirling dervishes of the Mevlevi Order who performed at the Ensemble Sarband concert at the 2014 Beethovenfest in Bonn (photo: Michael Kneffel 2014)

Interview with Vladimir Ivanoff of Ensemble Sarband

Creating a community of mindfulness and acceptance

Vladimir Ivanoff is the head of Ensemble Sarband. In this interview with Adelheid Feilcke, Ivanoff explains the motivation behind the ensemble's musical project "Passio – Compassio", which could be summed up as a call to each individual to try and overcome East–West differences and make relations between the two more bearableMore

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