Third Practice"I am interested in the way that, right now, we are having to recalibrate our existence and to rethink our humanity: our relationship to the world, to it's changes and it's history. At turning points there is always a chance of finding but sadly also of forgetting something. Amid the tumult of the world the Renaissance values that resonate in the Madrigals seem to be perpetually relevant as a way of anchoring ourselves. On the other hand, just as the

Youthful Years

commissioned by Austin Chamber Ensemble Artistic Director Martha Mortensen Ahern

German pianist Martin Helmchen continues his journey through Beethoven's piano concertos with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester and Andrew Manze

where the music has a distinctly Middle Eastern and Arabic influence

and later as a narrator on many Disney productions

the bitter struggle between the Capulet and Montague families

when all goes well

Jonas most recent studio CD for families/young audiences is 'What Kind of Cat are YOU

a portrait album of his oeuvre for voice and instruments

Skinher are making their dynamic debut with the full-length Heartstruck

How does the Berlin-based production collective Jazzanova find itself reimagining songs from the iconic

whose soulfulness and emotionality resonate with him