Interview with Ilona Schmiel

The corona pandemic hit the cultural sector hard five years ago. Ilona Schmiel spoke to journalist Christoph Heinemann from Deutschlandfunk about dealing with this enormous challenge and its consequences. Concert halls and artistic directors are constantly adapting for audiences, and the two also talked about this. At the end of the interview, the focus is on a specific instrument. You can hear what it is here.

This interview was also taken up by cultural journalist Axel Brüggemann on the Backstageclassical platform.