Type: Orchestra
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Location: Hungary
Year: 2005

The Europakonzert from Budapest, The Spirit of Budapest, was named in celebration of the rich cultural and musical heritage of Hungary’s capital city, Budapest, while showcasing the city’s...

Type: Book reading
Location: London, England
Performed by: Rupert Everett
Reading from: Graham Greene, "Travels with My Aunt"
Year: 2011

Acclaimed actor/writer Rupert Everett brings wit and warmth to this live reading from Graham Greene’s classic novel "Travels with My Aunt". With his signature ...

Type: Arthouse Movie
Location: Sardinia, Italy
Narrator: Jarvis Cocker
Director: Mark Cousins
Year: 2014

This arthouse movie remains an iconic meditative, journey that retraces D.H. Lawrence’s 1921 travels through Sardinia. Narrated by British singer Jarvis Cocker and infused with striking image...

Type: Documentary
Director: Heather Konkoli
Year: 2017

This documentary is a captivating travelogue hosted by Carly Steel and explores the historical and cultural wonders of Versailles, including the iconic Palace of Versailles and gardens. The film delves into local delights including cheese an...

Type: Classical Orchestral
Location: Theater San Carlo, San Carlo, Italy
Performed by: The Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Soloist: Violeta Urmana
Year: 2009

The Europakonzert 2009 from Napoli was a dazzling event at the historic Teatro San Carlo in Naples. Conducted by the cha...

Type: Documentary
Cast: Yehudi Menuhin
Director: Bruno Monsaingeon
Year:1994

Conversations with Yehudi Menuhin – Mykonos, June 1994 is an intimate documentary featuring the legendary violinist Yehudi Menuhin. In a serene setting on the Greek island of Mykonos, Menuhin reflects on his life, musi...

Type: Arts Festival
Location: Edinburgh Festival, Scotland
Year: 2014

The Edinburgh Festival is the heartbeat of artistic chaos, an explosion of theater, music, comedy, and creativity that transforms Scotland’s capital into a stage for the world. Every August, performers flood the city, turning ...

Type: Fashion
Cast: Alison Jackson and Philip Colbert
Location: London
Year: 2012

During London Fashion Week 2012, artist Alison Jackson and designer Philip Colbert staged photographs featuring celebrity lookalikes and orchestrated a faux-royal scene by employing lookalikes of Catherine, Duchess...

Type: Gala Concert
Location: Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Concert Hall
Performed by: Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov
Soloist: Mischa Maisky, Viktor Tretiakov, Elisso Virsaladze, Anna Netrebko
Composers: Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Puccini
Year: 2003

The 3...

500 Years of Music at Chambord Castle is a celebration of the château’s rich heritage. Spanning Renaissance to Romantic repertoire, the program features works by Handel, Debussy, and Rossini. With ensembles by Christophe Rousset, and a cast of renowned soloists, the concert offers a luminous trib...

Type: Chamber Ensemble
Location: The Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Performed by: Le Concert de la Loge
Soloists: Marina Viotti (mezzo‑soprano), Amihai Grosz (viola).
Conductor: Julien Chauvin
Year: 2015

This exquisite concert was performed in the luminous Cour Marly of the Musée du Louvre. The p...

Type: Classical Concert
Location: Chambord Castle, France
Performed by: Le Concert Spirituel
Conductor: Christophe Rousset
Year: 2016

Enjoy this visually and musically stunning open-air concert filmed at France’s Château de Chambord. The program features Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks an...

Type: Classical Concert
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Location: The Gardens, Hôtel de Sully, Paris, France
Conductor / Pianist: Lars Vogt
Year: 2020

This isn’t just another concert hall! This Mozart program was held in the lush gardens of the Hôtel de Sully in Paris, bathed in twilight and ...

Type: Chamber Choral
Conductor: Lionel Meunier,
Director: Patrick Lauze
Location: Chateau de Versailles
Vocal Ensemble Group: Vox Luminis
Year: 2018

Handel in Versailles, features Vox Luminis, a Belgian vocal ensemble specializing in early music, particularly Baroque repertoire. Here they perfo...

Type: Baroque concert
Location: Chateau de Fontainebleau, France
Orchestra: Le Concert de la Loge
Conductor: Julien Chauvin
Soprano: Emoke Barath
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Year: 2021

The setting of the historic Château de Fontainebleau enhances Vivaldi's baroque music. The program alternates Viv...

Type: Orchestra
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Violinist: Gil Shaham
Location: Teatro Massimo, Sicily
Year: 2002

Watching this concert from opera house Teatro Massimo in Sicily is a musical feast where Beethoven, Brahms, and Dvořák are the chefs, and Claudio Abbado ...

Type: Classical Concert
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Soloists: Herbert von Karajan, Anne-Sophie Mutter.
Performed by: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Location: Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorialin, Spain
Year: 1992

The Europakonzert at El Escorial near Madrid was a grand celebration of c...

Type: Opera
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Artist: Daneil Barenboim
Location: Herodes Atticus Odeon, Athens
Year: 2004

Held at the ancient Herodes Atticus Odeon in Athens, Greece, an amphitheater with a rich history, this open-air concert took place beneath the i...

Type: Book Reading
Event: World Book Fair, England
Author: John Le Carre
Venue: Trafalgar Square, London
Book: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Year: 2011

John le Carre doesn't regularly give public readings, so this is something unique. Published in 1963 his classic book remains one of the mos...

Type: Orchestra
Performer: András Schiff
Orchestra: András Schiff and his Capella Group
Venue: Olympic Theater, Vicenza, Italy
Year: 2008

András Schiff and his Capella Group perform at the Teatro Olimpico, Europe’s oldest active theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio nearly 450 years ago. Schiff o...

Type: Interview - Comedy
Cast: Jonny & The Baptists, Four Screws Loose, Marcel Lucont, and Sarah-Louise Young
Location: Edinburgh Festival, Scotland
Year: 2014

At the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, this Comedy Hour featured performances by Jonny & The Baptists, Four Screws Loose, Marcel Lucont,...