Portraits

An intimate portrait of actor Jürgen Holtz. The ham actor as the last sovereign in the theatre – this slogan is Jürgen Holtz’ programmatic confession in relation to his profession. One of Germany’s most sought after actors, he was a controversial figure…

In her self-built dream house in Bethel, Tobago, she carves Caribbean dancers from German Oak, and has turned into one of the important representatives of Afro-Caribbean art. She´s one of the few people who have turned their dreams into reality and are…

Why is music the first form of communication between people? How does music speak? Do we need sound to produce music? These are only a few questions posed by Giora Feidman, who the media acclaims as the “Israeli miracle clarinettist”. This man…

He became a bestselling author abroad, and in his home country, Germany, he’s finally being recognized and honoured at last. Edgar Hilsenrath’s story (born in Leipzig, 1926) is the modern odyssey of a German-Jewish author. He’s an outsider, who was constantly defining…