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As a music city, Cologne enjoys an international reputation - and that is, in particular, because music of all eras and styles is presented on a high, topical level, and also, because artistically fruitful encounters are also sought beyond traditional borders.
The powerfully pulsating heart of this Cologne music culture, is the Philharmonie in the Cathedral mound, which seats 2000 people. Since its opening in 1986, it has become one of the leading international concert halls. With over 400 events per year, it presents apart from the two inhouse orchestras, Gürzenich Orchestra and the WDR Symphony Orchestra of Cologne, world-famous orchestras, chamberensembles, choirs and soloists.
The large, modern opera house offers a complete repertoire with works of classical and romantic opera literature as well as remarkable contemporary works. In recent years general director and chief conductor Markus Stenz caused a furore when performing Richard Wagner‘s complete »Ring«-Trilogy in only two days. For years Cologne has been a centre for old music. For a long time the Forum Alte Musik in the chamber music hall of the Deutschlandfunks has become an international brand mark.
High-class jazz and ex-perimental music find an audience in the »Stadtgarten« and at other scene nightspots - also often accompanied here by the cameras and microphones of those radio and TV stations which are based and produced in Cologne: in addition to WDR, there are also RTL, VOX, Deutschlandfunk and Deutsche Welle (the Voice of Germany) as well as the local radio stations, Radio Köln and RPR.
In the popular music scene, Kölsch rock - especially through the ground-breaking success of the group BAP - has for almost two decades become a trademark, under which many young groups are now forming and etxperimenting with new things. Also, the trendy hip-hop, house and techno scenes are lively, loud and pulsating in Cologne.
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