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Berlin with a Bang

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Wendy Lesser

I am always happy to return to the concert scene in Berlin (not to mention the rest of this wonderful city), but this time the results exceeded even my high expectations. In the past few days, I’ve been to three … Continue reading →

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Four More Concerts

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Wendy Lesser

My average attendance at Berlin musical events usually hovers between two and three per week; this time it was at the lower end, but that still meant I attended four additional concerts since my last posting. They were so varied … Continue reading →

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A Welcome Visit from the Danes

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Wendy Lesser

Sometimes I think I organize my geographical existence around the concert schedule of the Danish String Quartet. This is not actually true. What is true is that I once flew from California to New York to catch their Beethoven cycle … Continue reading →

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Superlative Quintets

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Wendy Lesser

I am in Berlin now—a long-planned trip, so not an immediate reaction to November 5, but an escape nonetheless. It is good to be away, even if only for a short time, from the horrific goings-on I read about daily … Continue reading →

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Berlin Music Diary

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Wendy Lesser

All told, I attended eleven musical events over the course of three weeks. As is usual in my Berlin stays, none was a waste of time. Another way of putting it is that all were at least worth the 35 … Continue reading →

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Back in Berlin!

Posted on October 10, 2020 by Wendy Lesser

I’ve been here a little over a week now, and for the first time in seven or eight months, I am getting to hear live music again. It is so thrilling that I can barely analyze or even fully take … Continue reading →

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