Today we visited the Bauhaus in Dessau, the building means “house of construction” in German and it was a revolutionary design, craft, and fine arts school during the early 1920’s. It is another building that we have studied and learned about in our classes at Clemson, so again it was surreal to actually be visiting the structure. We were given a guided tour of the building…many of the design choices make even more sense after they are explained. The Bauhaus was one of the first buildings in the world to establish what is known today as the “international style of architecture”. We also visited the surrounding houses for the “masters” of the school; these buildings were also very revolutionary in their design.
Later on this evening was absolutely incredible, in fact I can honestly say it has been the highlight of my study abroad experience. Up until now I have been referring to the “Sagrada Familia effect”, well that sense has been surpassed and replaced with a new sense of wonder and euphoria, enter the “Berlin Philharmonic effect”. Tonight’s concert was by far the best musical performance I have ever been to, the Berlin Philharmonic is stunning. The architecture of the building already “wowed” me earlier this week and tonight the music astounded me even further; the two factors combined created a feeling worth a thousand words. Our seats, which ended up costing 15 euros, where perfect (I will include a map where we were seated). The seats allowed us to see Zubin Mehta’s face, so this added another level of interaction with the performance; being able to see the conductors face gives you an “up close” experience with the music. Seeing how the conductor reacts facially and what he says to the performers is incredible. I wish I could have recorded the performance for my memories but this was completely forbidden. I still can’t believe that I got to see one of the world’s most accomplished conductors conduct a concert with one of the world’s greatest philharmonics….I am truly blessed and hopefully I will be able to experience something like this again one day; I now have a new concept to top for the rest of my time abroad, the “Berlin Philharmonic effect”.
"Masters" house
Our seats were in the right "E" section....amazing!
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