Tissues computer keyboards. Cuban cuisine iris and character garage below serve dishes from their home country in a berlin restaurant mighty sound gongs made by german manufacturer of pests are sought after all over the world. We start off to a show on a musical note with the echo awards or the German Version of the grammys now the twenty seventh edition took place on thursday night and many big names from the Music Industry were on hand but the event was marred by controversy in the run up still the night went off like most awards ceremonies with lots of pomp and circumstance. The stars were out in force as they are every year at the echo board ceremony. Its more than a domestic german event a number of International Artists were also on hand to. Take these two suspects kind of the same every time though the discussions are different each year but it seems that your in the pit a bit stagey see all the superstars and think wow my room is right next to jasons room and asked us if i came to the rose to my german is so me so much love man and this is a credible to go to some place the so far away from my home and receive orders loves im just happy to be here its so beautiful to come here and to tour seem so much wall so thank you dunk a terminally ill skater who took the best oh you can alice mercian won the award for best german female artist on a debut appearance a few years thank you so much doc im sure the people who like listening to my music as you can hon. It was the twenty seventh edition of the eco pop awards with a total of twenty two categories honoring both german and International Acts and its your classroom and one the Lifetime Achievement award the fisher musician graphic artist and producer is best known for his artwork for the piece holds. Zero story was presenting with the accolade by his old friend vulcan need action frontman of cologne rock outfit boxes of the. Thank goodness i really value him as an artist and to feel music and the visual arts is. He has an incredibly creative mind and a really subtle sense of humor hes a truly great artist or dog. In the evenings but when i was unable to make it in paris and a chair in. The in their singer songwriters album divide and hits including shades of you want him three awards more than any other artist on the night. There was also controversy in connection with jared bunn and on the track from their latest album the rap duo compared their bodies with those of concentration camp inmates despite an outrage over what is perceived as and she submitted lyrics they were allowed to perform and even what an echo in the german hip hop act of the year catch a grey. D. Talking wasnt saying a company no made his disapproval of the clear during his acceptance speech for best german rock act. I say this now for all those who think like me. Censorship is not the answer but i do hope that disputes like the one we are having today will give us a new awareness of what kind of provocation is or is not acceptable who cuts you dont know how to pick leeches and doesnt ish as could tell you that it is everywhere theres some controversy normally about who is nominated and whos not so cool. But one that most people havent paid attention to and im not sure what to make of them but that seems to be part of a music awards event. And this time many people didnt even know the lyrics of these guys song beforehand but now theyre talking about us and about time too. But music did take center stage for most of the evening. Because i am the star jason derulo performs his song come is for the first time in germany the official anthem of the summit suckle world cup. Because im a new determined by commercial success. Tom thanks to this beautiful award the. Top quintile in the fish. Picked up his seventeenth and kind of putting it top of the all time witness list. She said i live alongside you is fun scenery and dition of his new track. Following his global smash hit dyspepsy told last summer Winning Best International newcomer was another highlight for the puerto rican singer to save her. Even though shes never received an echo aboard his cellphone kanina no blowout the audience with her performance to round off an evening to remember. Italian tunisian film actress Claudia Cardinale has appeared in some of the most critically acclaimed european films of the one nine hundred sixty s. And seventys she got her start of the movies after winning the most beautiful italian girl in tunisia competition in one thousand nine hundred fifty seven well now the actress is celebrating a major birthday more on her life and work at the top of todays express. Cloudy account you know as joe mcbain in said giulianis nine hundred sixty eight spaghetti western once upon a time in the west performances in such films as fitted eco fellinis eight and a half of the leopard directed by Luchino Visconti had already made to tunis born actress a star of european cinema. She shot over one hundred films during a career that spanned five decades cloudy how do you not only turns eighty on sunday. On friday a four month old polar bear cub made her public debut at this moment a lateness felten gelsen cubes are named no no actually means powerful polar bear in the intimate language. She spent her first months in the well being box with her mother lark now the two bears are making forays together into the outside enclosure now no quasar healthy twenty two kilos and is doing flooring lee well. An exhibition celebration bridal gowns opened this week at the chateau philmont just east of paris its collection ranges from the ball gowns of the rococo period through the empire style dresses of the early Nineteenth Century and the cocktail dresses of the one nine hundred twenty. Its a compact history of bridal fashion in the run up to the wedding of christians prince harry and his fiance Meghan Markle the exhibition is open until september twelfth. And did you know that your old computer keyboards might have some artistic value to them well at least to frankfurt based artists shown violent now he collects old keyboards and turns them into works of art he can spend hours on a single picture giving new meaning to the art of recycling. The so its just a wonderful feeling that hes of really captivated me at some point had stared at my own keyboard long enough now theres no stopping me and. Peter should invent is an artist with a particular obsession he collects keyboards from recycling yards liberates the keys from them and gives them a new purpose. For me when the time happy when the keyboards are really old and when you can see that theyve already been through a lot of official version doesnt. He turns the yellowing that comes with age to his advantage and a lot of other people paint with acrylics and i do it with ease theres nothing disgusting about it and with the yellowing is just from sunlight and aging and i utilize all the different shades when i lay out my compositions to create the nuances and coloring that i need that is paul. His pac man for instance is made up of some three thousand handpicked and cleaned keys of many different shades modern keyboards tend to be flash keys from the older ones helped create a relief to the key mosaics become three dimensional. As it is and it isnt against because all of the times ive incorporated a very special keyboard into this picture and it was owned by the inventor of pac man himself told tani i think when i got hold of it i thought its just too gorgeous i cant destroy it and this thing has thats gone so i left it in one piece on the made a classic motif of this classic. The creature devours a tree eight or there but it does so in a very charming way off and its. The inspiration for his first key measure shakes was h. Bit Computer Games from the one nine hundred eighty s. Like space invaders. The frankfurt based artist has always taken his subjects from the computer world using keyess pixels seems only natural but he also wants to paint conventional subjects now hes working on a piece for the Rowing Champions League achieving subtle hues and shadings with keys can be a tedious charm. So you have to keep looking at the images replacing keys looking replacing keys and looking again hes been working on this image for nearly two hundred hours trying to perfect it. Even when hes not working he sees mosaics all around him. But right now he has no time to unwind his client nigel lonely is getting impatient. And i thought this is so and this is a nice see you. So far so good as my house the painting coming along for the Rowing Champions League would you like to see something sure let me show you i be very interested. By this is certain to be nice to have it finished now then we could auction it off for good causes i still have to decide who get the proceeds with us but its fabulous. Its good to know there are a few sections here that arent quite finished. And when will it be done im not sure hopefully soon though it will take a while but yes itll be a while yet. Both men need lots of patience with the rowing or making art from key. Time now for something to eat and cuban cuisine is on the menu but the restaurant in our next report isnt located in havana but rather right here in the german capital iras in eric garage full of have been running their cuban restaurant since two thousand and fourteen and for our weekly series fifty kitchens one city they share one of their specialties with us. Time soon. Home isnt simply the place where you were born the warden home as well as the countrys it gives you the opportunity to achieve something more than just i always say i have two homes where i was born well and berlin where i now live in my house right to hide. In use and eric or often i run a cuban restaurant in berlin to kenya or little havana. Before that opened it four years ago they did a lot of research they discovered that while they were several cuban thongs there was no truly cuban restaurant in the city. So it was high time to open one. Plus amongst the phone the dog you really like about germans is that theyre fearless when it comes to trying out new kinds of crazy and they are very flexible free under open to new experiences and theyre very honest. It is corrupt fellow grew up in a small town in the west of cuba she had her first child at seventeen in one thousand nine hundred nine an uncle who lived in berlin invited her to come visit she decided to stay at home she had been an english teacher in germany she started to work in restaurants. Just throw me through my father always found gastronomy interesting and we dont have that in. Their own businesses. Although i trained is another profession and how ive always been drawn to the restaurant trade yet even as a little child line i would love to spend time in the kitchen with my grandmother by two she would always cook for a lot of people and i was there with her. All ornish what emails were done by. Eric got off alone was born in the same town as his wife they did just fifty meters apart but they never met back then. He started agricultural science and then left for italy thats where he met eras who was on holiday every cause lived in britain for ten years now. He taught himself how to cook and he is always experimenting and dreaming up new recipes cuban cuisine is an enduring source of inspiration it is itself a fascinating mix of influences among them african and spanish. That all i am really passionate about what i do. At the meal i always enjoy cooking. I learned a lot working in various establishment the poor them i thought about it for a long time and then i decided to do this. And present my culture and cook for the german public a political one. But up of the year is the Cuban National dish the name means old rags but the dish is a beef stew. The recipe calls for flank steak because the treads well when cooked. Chicken cuisine tends to be spicy and highly seasoned with plenty of garlic cumin and failed leaves. Baby leaves are also pictured in the cuban culture volves there is symbol of strength. To make it out of your heart the meat is boiled to tender and then its pulled apart and looks like old drags. To. The history of the dish has long been disputed some say it originated on the Canary Islands others say it comes from mainland spain. At the brothel its something you can always eat. The good makes a great family leo because its so practical. In fact you can make two forces with the one piece of meat which was first of a hearty soup with little and sopa and then use the meat to make a delicious whoop of you before you know it is your. Restaurant isnt shit about the mainly residential neighborhood with lots of menus streetlife and cafes people have come here to enjoy themselves since the mid Nineteenth Century. Can you help is not on the main road hordes of hungry people dont necessarily come in just by chance the start was difficult but its reputation has been growing and many of its patrons are regulars now. The style of the atmosphere and the people to do it so its not likely recommended it was very tasty thats what system this is a dish to it feels like a piece of cuba thats where im from if you little bro its important to have somewhere that feels like oh no you know thats why we come here. There is the regular menu and very special but the dish that isnt great just to mount is about the. Boy of course you know a bit of. The Hotel Free Zone in brussels is a modest building at first glance but what most tourists may not know is that its a wee unesco World Heritage site now this is because it was designed by the architect victor horta who was a key architect of the art nouveau era now the building has changed ownership and its been renovated now itll open in all of its splendor as a museum and the owners new living quarters. This townhouse in the heart of brussels is an architectural gem the signature of its designer victor horta is visible everywhere down to the last detail aptly its located on the roof or street of the handsome one after years of neglect the former result had lost it shine a Sleeping Beauty waiting to wake from its slumber. And Newport Truong an Indian Princess wants to break the spell. Soon after moving to the belgian capital in twenty seven team she discovered the old arguable building it was love at first sight. If a child you dont take care of the child is neglected you know and i felt in a way that the home was like and often looking for a parent and. And when i stepped into it the house was literally cry please take care of me. She responded to floor by floor as she lovingly restored every nook and cranny and uncovered elements. Of the building which was designed by pioneering architect victor horta in the late Nineteenth Century now over a century later has had new life breathed into it. The second is restoring all the painting the frescoes and the fuss up so the facade is going to be like it was originated in one thousand nine hundred four and that is going to pop the heart the housemaids off on route to go because right now its a bit camouflage you dont really see it its very discreet. Discreet on the outside perhaps but the interior cannot find the splendor of the treasures it is home to. Many of the original furnishings and fixtures are very well preserved. It is people have all you living in are to go. Home how can you breed its overwhelming you know motives and colors are just pouring like a monsoon on you know. Getting a make over by the indian art lover was a godsend for the building and the Cultural Heritage of brussels a Sleeping Beauty reawaken. And finally we wrap up the show with the final part of our series on Musical Instrument the gong has been used in ritual ceremonies prayer and meditation since the bronze age and more recently its been used on stage with rock bands well since its roots can be traced back to china you might think that this is where the gong is made but actually theres a company in northern germany which has gained quite a reputation in making these metal instruments. One hundred and ten kilograms of Nickel Silver vibrating creating countless turns. In order that they affect us all the same. It is a load on its own certain people are afraid and say thats too powerful too intense they dont like it but others do they find the vibrations of the gong to be soothing the vibrations go through their entire body so it functions like a massage this isnt taken over university. Theres a lot of work involved the for a feisty goan couldnt get massages plenty of heat and muscle power and can see if you go wrong along the way each gone starts out as a metal disk thats heated up to eight hundred degrees celsius. And weve heated the edges to soften the sun our colleagues can bend them using blows from a hammer otherwise the materials to haunt us if we heat it wrong it could get to solved then my colleagues might moan because our boss things up his office but. If you dont make you facility and shocked out off workers rely on one another and going must have the light surface tension or it wont sound right so then technically it just fast making around fifteen hundred dents in the metal if one of them blows lands in the wrong spot the whole instrument can be ruined. If you stick my neck often too high i put all my strength and my energy into it because the gong needs that this gong can only sound good if i give it enough tension power hopefully it will return the favor by making a reasonably nice sound. Off to countless. Close to show you can stabilize the gong its fine my uses his hammock to find the sound. I mean i can make a huge difference to the way the kong sounds. At the end of the gong gets its own face its uplifting tradition. Some of our companies are going to go down plus when youre tense you make more mistakes than when you take a more relaxed approach and say yes im going to finish scraping it if the dangerous part is that this area here. If you scrape along this line you should do the same along the edge of the Center Circle too but your wrists lifting up and go against the sent a then youre done full on as it was before you know. After three days of hard work the go home has that world famous pointy sound. Like pink floyd and the police have used affirms gongs. At a summit gig i am made in germany could make brain this beat