Even in the shadow of death, the Freedom Of The City festival remains an improvisatory celebration of life, its numerous joys and its imperfections.

I don't see many tubas in the wild these days, leading me to wonder if they've become some sort of endangered species. There were two, however, at this Cafe Oto show, where they were grappled with by Carl Ludwig Hübsch and Oren Marshall.

Two days of extreme contrasts in Cafe Oto at a showcase for the PAN label, featuring Eli Keszler, John Wiese, R/S, Valerio Tricoli, CC Hennix and Werner Durand

The UK debut of "world's fastest pianist" Lubomyr Melynk may have attracted a lot of media attention, but this performance showed that there is more to his music than just speed.

The recording of an open air performance reveals itself to be not just a duo between Stephan Mathieu and David Maranha, but a creative dialogue between man and nature.