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BeethovenFest to discuss colonialism, exploitation and LGBTQ+

Finn star: I’ll do Vaughan Williams in France

The Bonn festival, in October, has booked Belgium’s B’Rock Orchestra to contextualise the first symphony:

The B’Rock Orchestra feels like an integral part of society and wants to contribute to a meaningful discussion. In its artistic concepts, it addresses relevant topics such as colonialism and exploitation, the relationship between man and nature or the role of FLINTA (Frauen, Lesben, Intergeschlechtliche, nichtbinäre, trans und agender Personen) in art over the centuries. Rooted in the past through the core repertoire, all of the orchestra’s artistic decisions are based on their meaning for people here and now.

The conductor of this box-ticking talkfest is René Jacobs.

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