Tag: Obituary
Obituary for Richard Serra: Heavy Metal in the Roundabout – Culture
With sculptures made of steel or lead, disturbingly heavy and monumental, Richard Serra became one of the most popular sculptors in the world. An obituary. Richard Serra was at work…
Obituary for Fritz Wepper: One of us – media
Fritz Wepper was the marathon man of German television, the most enduring serial long-distance runner on public television – and as such a reliable, some might groan: unavoidable quantity. A…
The composer and conductor Peter Eötvös is dead – culture
The composer and conductor, born in Transylvania in 1944, spoke tough, clear German – which was no surprise to anyone who had experienced his greatest operatic success. “Three Sisters” based…
Obituary Maurizio Pollini: The idiosyncratic one – culture
Beethoven, Chopin and anti-Vietnam concerts: Maurizio Pollini not only saw himself as a pianist, but also got involved in political debates. Now the legendary artist has died at the age…
Obituary: The impostor Jürgen Harksen is dead – Panorama
“They are insecure,” is how Leonardo DiCaprio, as investment advisor Jordan Belfort, describes hesitant customers in the film “The Wolf of Wall Street.” “Their only real objection is that they…
On the death of the opera composer Aribert Reimann – Culture
Death was more than familiar to him. Born in Berlin in 1936, Aribert Reimann experienced the World War there. His slightly older brother died in 1944 in a children’s hospital…
Obituary for Eric Carmen: pathos, depth, pain
With the “Raspberries” he brought power pop into the charts and with “All By Myself” he landed the prototypical heartbreak hit in 1975. On the death of Eric Carmen. source…
Akira Toriyama is dead: obituary for manga superstar, creator of “Dragon Ball” – culture
The manga boom also began in Germany with him: The Japanese manga artist Akira Toriyama, creator of the “Dragon Ball” series, among others, is dead. The “Dragon Ball” team announced…
Obituary for Kiev Stingl: rampage against himself – culture
Kiev Stingl, the most broken German singer, screamer, musician and unrecognized poet, died late at the age of 80. It doesn’t work without at least an eighth of megalomania, “only…
Obituary for film director Paolo Taviani: A subversive – culture
It must have been strange in recent years – the brothers Vittorio and Paolo Taviani worked together all their lives, made films, they were only mentioned in the same breath.…