An urban Summer music season.

A Lawrence Durrell-like diplomatic outing, not devoid of great surprises.

Pinchas Zukerman and Mark Neikrug in an extremely informal evening, courtesy of their airline company.

Berlin - home not only to great music, but also to a major film festival.

Violin, viola and baton wielded with equal grace by a mellowed musician.

An avant-garde, Germanic view of Bizet and Mérimée: a harsh and forbidding Carmen.

It all started at the Escuela Reina Sofia - four very successful young musicians from Spain.

Berlin again - this time for chamber music at the Staatsoper, with Daniel Barenboim at the helm.

Early music time in Berlin - with two of its best champions, Wieland Kuijken and his son Piet.

An excellent and mature young cellist belies the myth that the Bach Suites are forbidden territory for those under 65.

Cello bliss - four days in Kronberg for the cello festival honoring Mstislav Rostropovich.