Natasha Padabed was born in Smolensk, Russia although her family moved to Mogilev in Belarus which was where she grew up. It was in Minsk that she started to organize concerts for bands, many…
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The Berlin Music Video Awards (BMVA) will celebrate their 5th birthday at Nuke Club in Friedrichshain from the 17th to the 20th of May. The independent international music video festival will offer established and up-and-coming…
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Introducing Helena Goldt (or, as she refers to herself, the ‘Kazakh steppe lady with European roots’) a classical singer who was indeed born with a musical gift. Her parents had met and fell in love in…
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“Well, who was Essad Bey? It’s important to say That he was born on a train somewhere in Ukraine He grew up in Baku He’s a Russian, a Jew But was this who was…
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This is Elen – Elen, rather than the more typical Elena – a somewhat unusual female name in Russian. “It was actually a mistake on my mother’s behalf that happened while she was young…
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In order to meet the musician and lead singer of Skazka Orchestra I traveled all the way to the outskirts of Berlin by public transportation. „Why don’t you come over to our datcha?” Artur…
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This is Konstantin. Kostja is Russian-German and grew up in Severouralsk, a small town in the Northern Urals, Russia. In 2000, he moved to Germany with his family. He grew up in Hannover and…
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This is Luba. Luba is from Moldova and came to Germany with her mom when she was six years old. She grew up in Munich and lived there until she moved to Berlin about…
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This is Viktor. Viktor was born in Voronezh, Russia and came to Berlin when he was twelve years old. He has lived in Berlin ever since. “Berlin is great and young of course,” he…
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This is Christian. Christian is half German and half Russian. His dad met his mother while studying in Kiev. They fell in love, married and luckily for us he brought her back to Germany.…