Chico César, Ÿuma, Bibi Tanga & The Selenites

Chico César, Ÿuma & Bibi Tanga

<p>A musical journey in three acts: Brazilian singer Chico César, Tunisian folk duo Ÿuma, and central African multi-instrumentalist Bibi Tanga perform at the Institute of the Arab World in Paris.</p>

Journeys through Music

A musical journey in three acts: Brazilian singer Chico César, Tunisian duo Ÿuma and central African multi-instrumentalist Bibi Tanga perform at the Institute of the Arab World in Paris.

Les Concerts Volants invite Natalia Doco, Sandra Nkaké and Cécile McLorin Salvant to the Cabaret Sauvage for an evening of sounds from Europe, Africa and America.

Les Concerts Volants invite Natalia Doco, Sandra Nkaké and Cécile McLorin Salvant to the Cabaret Sauvage.

Natalia Doco, Sandra Nkaké and Cécile McLorin Salvant

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The British band Jungle represents neo-soul with broken rhythms that stay extremely danceable. They copied the sound and style from legendary artists such as Daft Punk, Chet Baker and Thom Yorke. The result is a rich, sun-drenched sound. Jungle performs for ARTE in the Paris Metro.

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After a long collaboration with Modeselektor as Moderat, Apparat returns to making music alone. The result is ‘LP5’, set to be an ambient classic, performed live in the majestic surroundings of the Palais de la Découverte in Paris.

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Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu mounts a serious challenge to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s presidency as the election heads to a runoff. Next, we take a look at the problem of student housing across Europe, which is getting more expensive and harder to find. In our culture segment, the French play ‘Daddy’ delves into the seedy world of online grooming.

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Turkey’s election heads for round two, while students across Europe are struggling to find affordable housing.

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Record-breaking droughts have hit Spain forcing the country to take emergency measures. We look at the wider picture regionally where droughts are occurring at an alarming frequency causing severe water shortages. Meanwhile, since the war began, 8.2 million Ukrainians have fled to the EU. Two years later, Arte Europe weekly learns why many are asking whether to stay or return home. Lastly, we turn to Serbia, where a handful of female comic book artists are challenging the status quo in their field.

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Europe experiences severe water shortages caused by drought, while Ukrainian refugees in EU consider returning home.

“When I sneeze, my neighbour says ‘bless you’,” Patrycia Łepkowska laughs. The 23-year-old student lives in a micro-apartment in Warsaw’s “Hong Kong” housing estate. Many of the tiny flats in this high-rise are dark and expensive. But for most tenants, there is no other alternative. This is what it’s like to live in a micro-flat.   

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Living, cooking and showering in 17m2. A housing shortage is revolutionising Poland’s real estate market.

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Portrait of the German symbolist painter and sculptor Max Klinger (1857-1920). Often compared to Rodin, he was famous in his day for his erotic and tender sculptures.

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Increasing authoritarianism means that Russian citizens have to decide: Do they stay quiet and allow freedom to die? Or do they speak up and risk changing their lives for ever? Tracks East meets Russians that could not accept the Putin dictatorship and now live in exile.

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A new generation has come of age in Turkey that doesn’t want to live like their parents. On social media, on comedy stages and in rap music a counterculture is flourishing. Filmmaker Ufuk Cam goes to Turkey to uncover the local scene.

Turkey: The New Generation

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With the war in Ukraine meaning the end for cheap oil and gas imports from Russia, European demand for coal is on the rise. Multinationals are increasing activity in the largest coal mining region in South America with negative consequences for the environment and local communities.

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Melody Gardot performs her album Sunset in the Blue, from the Radio France studios accompanied by a trio of musicians and 40 instrumentalists from the in-house orchestra.

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King Charles’s coronation has raised questions about the monarchy’s role, including its colonial history and staggering wealth at a time of economic crisis for the UK. In the wake of massive police raids targeting the Italian mafia ’Ndrangheta, we look into Europe’s drug trade. In culture, we learn about the iconic Danish illustrator Ib Antoni, who put Copenhagen on the map.

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A concert dedicated to Canadian film composer Howard Shore, famous for his scores to Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and David Cronenberg’s The Fly. With the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.

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A concert dedicated to Canadian film composer Howard Shore, famous for his scores to Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and David Cronenberg’s The Fly.

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The Ambiguous Dance Company presents its cult hit Body Concert, a riotous sprint through dance history.

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An exclusive investigation into the Russian paramilitary organisation Wagner, headed by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin. 2,500 documents were leaked from Prigozhin’s servers by anti-Putin hackers, shedding light on this secretive group of mercenaries, a key element in the war in Ukraine.

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Anne Lister was an openly lesbian nineteenth century noblewoman, with up to five lovers at the same time. She filled pages and pages of diaries with accounts of her sexual adventures and conquests, and even married another woman.

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In March 2022, the war between Ukraine and Russia is raging. While Russian troops are at the gates of Kyiv, this documentary films events in a paediatric hospital in Lviv treating the victims of the conflict. A powerful portrait of a doctor’s daily life in wartime.

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