Newsletter of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ottawa

Dear Reader,

Cottage and travel season is finally upon us. As we are typing these lines, surely many of you are absorbed in vacation planning or are already busy packing your bags. Therefore, we have decided to offer a slightly shorted version of our newsletter this month.

But do rest assured: for those of you who have decided to stay "in town," our newsletter still contains its usual calendar of cultural events. For example, music enthusiasts might be happy to find out that a German artist and works by German composers will feature at two classical music festivals in Ottawa in July: Chamberfest and Music and Beyond.

As some of our team will try to sneak in a summer break as well, our next issue will appear during the first week of September. Until then, we will still offer several ways to stay up-to-date on German arts and culture in Ottawa and the rest of Canada: either by keeping an eye on our event calendar at www.canada.diplo.de/events (which can also be subscribed to through RSS at www.canada.diplo.de/rss) or via our Twitter feed @GermanyInCanada.

Wishing all of you a delightful summer vacation period!

The Editorial Team

Top stories

Bayreuth opera house named World Heritage Site

View from the Prince's Box into the Margravial Opera House of Bayreuth

(©picture alliance / dpa)

Nothing makes historians and locals quite as happy as achieving UNESCO World Heritage status. Now Bayreuth's Margrave Opera House has received the coveted listing.

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July 3-8: Fashion Week transforms Berlin into giant catwalk

Fashion Week Berlin – Lena Hoschek

(©picture alliance / dpa)

Twice a year, in January and in July, Berlin becomes a magnet for international fashion and lifestyle.  Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall more than 20 years ago, Berlin Fashion Week has increasingly shaped this creative metropolis that attracts artists, musicians and designers from all over the world.

Berlin Fashion Week

German bid to host the UN Green Climate Fund

Green Climate Fund Bonn

(©Bundesregierung)

By hosting the Green Climate Fund in Bonn, Germany would like to make a contribution to the international fight against climate change and its impact.

Topography of Terror grapples with Holocaust

(©Bildwerk/Stiftung Topographie des Terrors)

Here were the desks at which the Holocaust was organized, and atrocities were planned. The Topography of Terror Documentation Center in Berlin looks back over 25 years with an exhibition which asks how it happened.

Topography of Terror

Arts and culture

July 2012: Deutsche Welle's culture calendar

(©colourbox.com)

The festival season has begun. From music and film to opera and literature, there is something for everyone on Germany's culture calendar in July!

July 2012 culture calendar

Germany's National Youth Ballet, including its members from Canada, goes behind bars

Germany's National Youth Ballet

(©Bundesjugendballett / Christiane Gundlach)

Germany's National Youth Ballet, founded by legendary German choreographer John Neumeier after a 25-year campaign, has two Canadian-born/trained members. Recently, the dance troupe literally went behind bars to use dance to reach out to people who would not normally go to the theatre or opera.

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31 Days of German Riesling comes to Canada this Summer!

(©German Wines in Canada)

They say it takes a month to acquire a new habit. So embrace the path to self-improvement with "The 31 Days of German Riesling," a celebration across Canada in July and August of Germany's most famous wine varietal. Canadians will have the opportunity to experience German Riesling as they have never before, at restaurants from coast to coast.

31 Days of German Riesling

Events in Ottawa

July 7 | Festival Music and Beyond: Ottawa Bach Choir performs Bach Motets

(©Ottawa Bach Choir)

The Ottawa Bach Choir offers audiences a wide range of choral music of the finest quality, performing music from all historical periods while keeping Bach's choral oeuvre as the focus of its repertoire.

Ottawa Bach Choir performs Bach Motets

July 27 | Ottawa Chamberfest: German pianist presents "Loose screws!"

(©Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival)

Award-winning German pianist Hinrich Alpers returns to Chamberfest with a late night performance of sonatas and interludes.

"Loose screws!"

July 31 | Ottawa Chamberfest: German pianist performs Debussy

(©Hinrich Alpers. Source: Ottawa Chamberfest)

"... music making of the highest order. Remember this name: Hinrich Alpers." (The New York Sun, March 2008)

Hinrich Alpers performs Debussy

Events out of town

Montréal, until Oct. 8 | Exposition: "Life before Death" by Walter Shels and Beate Lakotta

(©Walter Shels and Beate Lakotta)

Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, in association with le Musée des religions du monde, is proud to present a challenging and poignant study about life and death. Through unique images you are invited to celebrate life and reflect about the social nature of life and dying in our society with German authors Walter Shels and Beate Lakotta.

Exposition "Life before Death"

Toronto, until Aug. 31 | "Tanzbilder" – Dance photography by Cylla von Tiedemann at the German Consulate General

(©Marco Paoletti, Berlin)

Cylla von Tiedemann has photographed the performing arts for more than two decades. Her work has included portraits of dancers and performers, creative interpretations of productions from the National Ballet of Canada, the Stratford Festival, Mirvish Productions, Toronto Dance Theatre, the Toronto Symphony, the SILK Road Project by Yo-Yo Ma, and many others. The German Consulate General in Toronto will display von Tiedemann's photography in the exhibition Tanzbilder.

"Tanzbilder"

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