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The Swedish singer and pianist Aino Löwenmark and the South African violinist Hanmari Spiegel met in Hamburg in 2004 to delight people with their very own sound between folk, pop, jazz and classical music. Since then, the two musicians have released ten albums together, won international world music awards and played hundreds of concerts in Europe and around the world - from northern Sweden to Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie and Cape Town. Two powerfully luminous and delicately drifting voices that create a universal warmth with different languages - Swedish, German, English and Afrikaans. A poetic crossing of borders.

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The Philharmonic String Quartet Munich, founded in 2007, is known for its unique concert programs and collaborations with artists such as Gautier Capucon, Michael Schade, and Giora Feidman. The ensemble, consisting of Bernhard Metz, Clement Courtin, Konstantin Sellheim, and Manuel von der Nahmer, has won international competition prizes and studied with renowned teachers like Rainer Kußmaul and Igor Oistrach. As members of the Munich Philharmonic, they regularly work with conductors like Zubin Mehta and Gustavo Dudamel. In 2013 and 2014, they toured Israel and the Palestinian territories, offering chamber music courses for Jewish and Arab children and teenagers. In 2017, they debuted in New York. Their long association with the Munich Philharmonic has profoundly shaped their musical style and sound.

The "German Dance Sensation" (GDS) was founded in Berlin and is a collective of highly professionally trained dancers, all of whom have both classical and modern dance backgrounds, along with years of experience in various ensembles. The German Dance Sensation not only delivers outstanding dance shows at the highest level, but also offers a wide range of full-scale productions. These combine dancers with singers, acrobats, actors, and even live orchestras to cover every genre — from the 1920s to the present day.