Author: Gaby Reucher

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Performance by Seda Roder at the Beethovenfest in Bonn (photo: Barbara Fromman)

Bonn′s Beethovenfest

Sounds of the Arab Spring

Six composers from five Arab countries translated their impressions of the Arab Spring into music, providing the pianist Seda Roder with material for her multimedia ″Songs of Spring″ performance, rich in hope and disappointment. By Gaby ReucherMore

Arab Youth Philharmonic Orchestra in Berlin: Playing for peaceThe Syrian Musicians′ Orchestra play Istanbul: Hosts of honourProject: ″Music Spaces in the Arab World″: Between the pots and pans
Ruhrtriennale 2016 venue: the mosque in Duisburg-Marxloh

″Urban Prayers″ music theatre project

Spotlight on faith

What do people believe in? What is their language of prayer? Which churches, prayer rooms, mosques or temples do they attend? The interfaith theatre project ″Urban Prayers″ posed these and other tough questions – in six different places of worship throughout Germany′s Ruhr region. By Gaby ReucherMore

Ruhrtriennale website: "Urban Prayers Ruhr"Qantara dossier: "Dialogue of religions"The Berlin Project "House of One": Three religions under one roof

In brief

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Most Recent Photo Essay

A modest initiative achieves great things: every weekday, Reden Roro Hendarti loads her tricycle with reading material and rides to the village of Muntang to accept rubbish from the children living there, which she exchanges for her books. A simple idea that is making a big difference, raising awareness about the environment among children in the region. Indonesia still has a huge problem with plastic waste, especially in remote rural regions

Indonesia's 'Trash Library': Plastic rubbish for books

On the Indonesian island of Java, one librarian has started a mobile library, lending books to children in exchange for plastic rubbish. The idea is that they will learn to take pride in their environment and read more at the same time. By Julie Huehnken