The New York Times – Music:
Nicolas Hodges has carried on with his career as an eminent interpreter of avant-garde music. But it hasn’t been without sacrifices.
Category: Germany
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Pianist Nicolas Hodges Adapts to Life With Parkinson’s
The New York Times – Music:
Nicolas Hodges has carried on with his career as an eminent interpreter of avant-garde music. But it hasn’t been without sacrifices.
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Peter Brötzmann, 82, Dies; His Thunderous Saxophone Shook Jazz Traditions
The New York Times – Music:
One of Europe’s most influential free-jazz musicians, he played with “a kind of scream” to exorcise his demons, and those of German history.
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Christian Petzold and a German Connection With His Films
The New York Times – Film:
After becoming known for movies distanced from his country’s history, culture and memory, he has drawn from them in some recent works.
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German Magazine Editor Is Fired Over Fake Michael Schumacher Interview
The New York Times – Sports:
Die Aktuelle promoted an interview as the first with the retired Formula 1 driver since a 2013 accident. But artificial intelligence had generated the responses.
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Once the Prince of Tennis and a Prison Inmate, Boris Becker Starts Again
The New York Times – Sports:
Becker, who is featured in a new documentary, is beginning a third act after serving eight months in prison. “I’m sort of in late summer, fall of my life,” he said.
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A Movie Confronts Germany’s Other Genocide
The New York Times – Film:
“Measures of Men” tells the story of the systematic massacre of Herero and Nama people in what is now Namibia. Its maker hopes the film will bring a debate about Germany’s colonial guilt into the center of society.
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The Artists Questioning Nostalgia for East Germany’s Past
The New York Times – T Magazine:
Contemporary works are casting a new light on sentimentality for Communism.
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Solomon Perel, Jew Who Posed as a Hitler Youth to Survive, Dies at 97
The New York Times – Film:
His masquerade — a tale recounted in a memoir and in the film “Europa Europa” — saved his life. But “to this day,” he said, “I have a tangle of two souls in one body.”