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Multiplica is an audiovisual, multimedia music and art festival hosted by the Rotondes that sheds light on today’s digital society through artistic creations encounters and workshops showcasing digital creation in its many forms. Festival Curator Yves Conrardy and participating artist Jorge Crowe Joined Tom on The Breakfast Show this morning to discuss what the festival has in store. between the 24th and 26th of February, the rotondes will host audiovisual performances, concerts, DJ sets, meetings with artists, workshops for children and adults and an interactive and participatory exhibition. All with the aim of encouraging us to confront technology in order to learn more about ourselves. On Friday the festival will open with 'Tete a Tete' an exhibition featuring the works of various artists dealing with the topics of AI and emotions. Then Italian-Luxembourg artist Andrea Mancini will present Minerals, an audiovisual performance which has been developed over the course of a residency with Rotondes. Later

The Festival Des Migrations, Des Cultures et De La Citoyenneté celebrates its 40th edition this year. This morning Tom was joined by festival organiser Alain Randressy, head of One People ASBL, Madeleine Yougye and photographer, Paulo Lobo to talk about what the festival has in store this year. This year the Festival Des Migrations will take place at Luxexpo on the 25th and 26th of February. Each year the Festival Des Migrations attracts up to 30,000 people to celebrate cultural dialogue, exchange and creativity with a packed programme of performances, screenings, discussions, workshops and a food bazar featuring citizens from all over the world. This year the theme of the festival is "residency" and the festival will feature work made by artists that have been invited to Luxembourg to create work in the context of the festival. With her ASBL one people Madeleine Yougye has been working with African refugees that have been affected by the conflict in the Ukraine to make a film based on their experiences. M

On Local Matters, Yusra tells us about her journey coming from Syria to Luxembourg in 2015 and how she feels being a Muslim in Luxembourg.

For this week's City Scenes we’re staying right here, for the letter L we’ll be looking around us at the wonderful music scene that we have right here in Luxembourg. Where are the best spots to watch local music? The Philharmonie is a magnificent building in Kirchberg that more often not plays host to classical music, avant garde and jazz music, hosting orchestras, ballet, and opera and a good place to find the best of Luxembourgish music in those genres. The Rotondes is located in Bonnevoie behind the trains station and this is the place to be if you fancy catching the best in Indie, rock and electronic music. In the coming weeks and months some great local acts that you can catch playing there include electronic artist Andrea Mancini, Post rock band the cookie jar complot, Luxembourgish rapper Maale Gars and electronic pop producer napoleon gold. De Gudde Wellen is a 120 capacity club and concert space where any given night of the week you can catch the best in up and coming indie and rock bands and dan

Ruben Block touches down in Luxembourg to play Den Atelier on the 18th of February touring his solo album 'Looking To Glide'. The Triggerfinger front man chatted with Tom over the phone about the reasons for going solo, what it was like to make the album and what people can expect from his new live show. Get tickets at www.atelier.lu

In December, the Observatoire de l'Islamophobie au Luxembourg (OIL) published their report on islamophobia in Luxembourg. In our interview, OIL's president Jasmin Jahic explains what is most worrying about this new report.

With her association Stärekanner, photographer Martine Pinnel creates memories for parents of stillborn babies. In our interview on Local Matters, she explains the why and the how. This is our last episode of this week's Local Matters on giving birth.

On Monday 6th of February the regions of Southeastern Türkiye and norther Syria were struck by two devastating earthquakes that measured up to 7.8 on the Richter scale. Thousands of people have lost their homes and the death toll is currently estimated to have passed 21,000 people with this number rising as the rescue effort continues. In the wake of the destruction, organisations like Médecins Sans Frontieres are working to provide emergency aid to the region delivering urgently needed supplies and medical aid. Thomas Kauffman, the general director of Medecins Sans Frontieres joined Tom on the Breakfast show this morning to discuss how the organisation has reacted to the crisis and how people can help by supporting their efforts. Information on how to donate can be found at https://www.msf.lu/

In our interview on Local Matters, Natascha tells about her work as a doula.

Judith Scheleder and Stephanie Jarbardo from Silicon Luxembourg tell us more about their events and how they support the start-up community.

Judith Scheleder and Stephanie Jarbardo from Silicon Luxembourg tell us more about their events and how they support the start-up community.

In our interview on Local Matters, Anne-Laure Metzler tells us why women want to give birth outside of hospitals. As a member of the association Gebuertshaus Letzebuerg Asbl, she advocates for a new legislation to allow births to be performed in private birth centres.

In a new collaboration with Silicon Luxembourg, Ara City Radio takes a look at the startup and tech industries in Luxembourg and discuss the latest developments in Technology news. Today Tom was joined by founder and CEO of silicon Luxembourg, Charles-Louis Machuron to discuss the rise of generative AI and ChatGP. To find out more about the latest from Luxembourg's tech and startup environment visit www.siliconluxembourg.lu

Tom was joined on the show this morning by Anastasia Chaguidouline, curator of the Cercle Cite gallery in Luxembourg City ahead of the opening of Small Stories, a photography exhibition by David Lynch. David Lynch, while being an acclaimed filmmaker, has always considered himself a painter first and foremost. His artistic endeavours over the years have included a variety of mediums, such as painting, drawing, sculpture, lithography, music, and design. And while he may be best known as an award-winning film director, he’s never stopped creating and exploring within the world of fine arts. The photographic series Small Stories offers a glimpse into one of Lynch’s lesser-known works. The series consists of fifty-five black and white photographs. These little stories, exhibited at Cercle Cité’s Ratskeller, are displayed in a landscape of flickering light, sound, and red curtains that immerses the visitor in Lynch’s fantastic world. The exhibition is accompanied by weekly film screenings of Lynch's early short

Cordula Schnuer joined Tom for Delano's Top Of The Week. Parliament this week is discussing a new investment strategy of the Luxembourg pension fund. MPs have long demanded that the fund should become greener and an internal review found that it exceeds its carbon budget and is not aligned with a 2°C target to limit Earth warming. Jazz session at Café Bovary: https://delano.lu/event/2023-02-07-jazz-session-cafe-bovary David Lynch exhibition: https://cerclecite.lu/fr/event/small-stories-by-david-lynch Cringe compedy festival: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-first-luxembourg-cringe-comedy-festival-tickets-494198038637?aff=ebdssbdestsearch Cordula's personal pick was a city trip destination recommendation - Dusseldorf

The 4th of February is world Cancer Day, an international day marked to raise awarenes of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection and treatment. Martine Risch from the Fondation Cancer here in Luxembourg came on the show today to talk about the #commenttedire (talk about cancer) campaign that they launched last year that aims to educate people about how to correctly talk about and discuss cancer. The Fondation Cancer provides support for people dealing with cancer in Luxembourg, raising awareness and funds to support research into cancer and offering free psychosocial services to cancer patients. In 2022 the Fondation launched the #Commenttedire campaign, collecting testimony from over 300 cancer patients about how language can affect their exprience. Patients were asked to provide examples of which words can be useful and encouraging when discussing cancer and which can be less useful or even hurtful. The feedback was compiled into a free guide which can accessed online. The guide offers exa

Cordula Schnuer joined Tom for Delano's Top of The Week this morning to discuss the Luxembourg auto-festival. The Luxembourg auto festival, which has been running since 1964, moves into it's 2nd week today, offering residents of the country the opportunity to get a favorable deal on buying a new car. Traditionally, dealers offer special deals on cars, banks offer favourable loans and it’s the occasion to make a bargain. But it’s also come to be seen as an indicator of Luxembourg’s economy. Dealerships make around a third of their annual sales during the Autofestival and if they perform poorly it’s used as a sign of a lack of consumer confidence and prudent spending, which could have bigger ramifications. Over the last three months, car registrations rose 7% compared to the year before. For the festival itself, it’s too soon to tell as the second week has only just kicked off. But some of the challenges are well known, for example, supply chain issues. Customer can face wait times of six months or even up

Bartelby Delicate was Tom's guest on the show today ahead of his vinyl release party tomorrow night at Rotondes. Bartelby Delicate is the solo project of George Goerens, who's voice many of our listeners will be familiar with from his shows with Nicole on Ara City and his work with Luxembourgish band Seed To Tree. Tomorrow night at Rotondes Bartelby will be playing a rare show with full band, celebrating the release of a new vinyl featuring live recordings of a concert they performed last year at the Philharmonie. Check out Bartelby Delicate on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6DT2ylaVtF44fewRp3Nxfa?si=-na7prMcTRCbF7qjsTvOvA