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+ The recently released fourth of the Schubert complete recording by the Alinde Quartet (Hänssler Classic) was featured on 10 January in the program "Die besondere Aufnahme" on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. Ulrike Timm talks with first violinist Eugenia Ottaviano about the recording, the quartet’s interpretative approach to Franz Schubert, and bridges between early and contemporary music.

+ The Trio Lézard performs its program I love Paris on 8 February at the Schlosskonzerte Tutzing, brilliantly reviving the avant-garde musical world of the Parisian cabaret 'Le Bœuf sur le toit' and the long-forgotten sound of the sarrusophone.

+ Mélodie Zhao appears as soloist on Volume 3 of the cpo complete recording of the symphonies by the British early Romantic composer Cipriani Potter. In the 'Ricercate on a Favorite French Theme', she delivers what FonoForum describes as a “brilliantly pearling performance,” together with the BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Howard Griffiths.

+ Mandolinist Alon Sariel was a guest in October together with Vincent Kibildis, Nadine Rammert and Nestor Fabian Cortes Garzon at the Forum Alte Musik Köln with his programme "La Mandolina española". The concert recording as well as an interview with Alon Sariel were broadcast by WDR on January 22 in the programme "WDR 3 Konzert", which is still available to listen to online until February 21.