The organizers at the German AIDS Foundation must have been concerned. False modesty of a non-classical music fanThe evening’s host was German TV personality Oliver Welke. He described Helmut Andreas and Arndt Hartwig – the initiators of the Bonn Opera Gala – as having “good instincts” when they asked Christian Lindner last year to be the patron of the event. Yet such an approach may be suitable for this audience, most of whom don’t normally attend performances of classical music. The recording of the gala can be heard for two weeks as audio on demand on the DW music program Concert Hour beginning on June 2 (dw.com/culture).

Source: Daily News Egypt May 22, 2017 11:37 UTC