Musikfest 1: The American Tour

The end of August in Berlin means two things: a sudden, unbearable heatwave, and the beginning of Musikfest, the annual three-week festival of local and visiting orchestras and musicians organised by the Berliner Festspiele. 

And while the late-summer heat was certainly out in full force, visitors were able to find appropriately tropical refreshment at the impromptu Caipirinha stand which had been set up outside the Philharmonie in anticipation of the opening night concert from the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Thierry Fischer.