Ceridwen Davies, who plays in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, had her instrument taken from the locked boot of her parked car in St Kilda West.

She has owned the Carlean Hutchins viola for the whole of her professional career.

ceridwen davies

 

People… parked cars are not a safe place to leave precious things. Here’s another one.

 

An art installation in Montreal, Canada, sets small birds loose on amplified strings.

Watch here.

birds guitars

The anti-foreigner Alternative für Deutschland movement held a demo outside the Mainz State Theatre on Saturday night.

Singers responded by moving their Beethoven rehearsal to the lobby and belting out the Ode to Joy, as you can see below. They also unfurled a banner proclaiming Stop Racism.

 

mainz singers

Now the singers are facing a criminal prosecution for infringing the rights of the demonstrators by singing too loud.

Polizeisprecherin Heidi Nägel sagte gegenüber dem SWR, dass hier schließlich ein Grundrecht verletzt worden sei: “Die Sänger waren eindeutig zu laut. Das war nach dem Versammlungsgesetz eine grobe Störung, und das ist eine Straftat.”

Mainzer Dom demo