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Aerial Photography & Editing by Jing Zhang

Lugu Lake (Yunnan, China). This is my first aerial photography and my first time scoring for my own scenery short. I finally achieved what I wanted to do for a long time. I hope that I can capture more different sceneries on this planet in this way.

Lugu Lake is located in the northwest of the Yunnan plateau, with the middle of the lake forming the border between the Ninglang County of Yunnan Province and the Yanyuan County of Sichuan Province.

Jing Zhang (张璟) is a composer from China. She composes, orchestrates, conducts and produces music for film, television, video game, trailer, commercial, animation and other types of visual media. She is a self-taught pianist.

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The celebration of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday this year is reaching a crescendo in Germany. The composer and pianist was born in Bonn on December 16, 1770, and his musical legacy carries on. In this reel, we meet concert pianists putting a new spin on Beethoven’s work. Susanne Kessel, for one, put out a call to composers for 250 new piano pieces inspired by Beethoven and is now in the midst of performing them. Elsewhere, the duo known as Pianotainment is using humor and serious piano chops to make the work of the likes of Beethoven accessible to all. We wrap up this ode to Beethoven with a visit to a museum full of self-playing musical instruments. And, yes, some of them even play Beethoven.

This Great Big Story was made possible by the German National Tourism Board and BTHVN2020: https://www.germany.travel/beethoven2020