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Through the intersections of new music styles, dedicated clubs, and unprecedented economic progress, the Italian LGBTQIA+ community found a mental and physical space that was free from the social and political pressure of post-WWII Italian society.

London-based Italian writer Marco Mancassola reflects on his personal relationship with the oeuvre of renowned Sicilian art pop musician Franco Battiato.

Drawing from his first-hand experience with sound installations and AI-assisted music composition, musician and philosopher Lorenzo Brusci, founder of MUSICO, offers a multimedia techno-poetic essay on the history and current status of machine-assisted musicking.

Italy might be 9,000 km away from South-Korea and yet, K-pop has reached its shores nonetheless. NTS Radio-affiliated Paola Laforgia reflects on the reason behind its popularity both inside and outside of the Peninsula.

This episode of our 2021 video series is a musical conversation between two piano players. The video looks for situations of duality in the spaces around us. In finding each other, the protagonists find new hope for the second year of the pandemic.

In the first episode of the podcast series «You Are Here!» trumpeter Paul Hübner meets two keyboard players, Liz Kosack and Christoph Ogiermann, for a shared musical indulgence.

In the second episode of the podcast series «You Are Here!» trumpeter Paul Hübner connects with performance artist David Helbich, on electronic instruments, and Koto player Naoko Kikuchi.

In the third episode of the podcast series «You Are Here!» trumpeter Paul Hübner invites Oud-playing singer Kamilya Jubran and the composer Oxana Omelchuk, who rocks one of the first portable analog synthesizers.