* Barbara Sukowa, an icon of German film, began a successful career as a singer at the beginning of the "80s. * Together with artist Robert Longo and media sculptor Jon Kessler, Sukowa founded the band Barbara Sukowa and The X-Patsys with the aim to experimentally interpret the songs of Patsy Cline, juxtaposed with texts by William Shakespeare, Andreas Gryphius, and Heinrich Heine, alongside music by Robert Schumann and Tom Waits. A dramatic new rock sound! * Sukowa performs worldwide on concert stages and collaborates with internationally renowned conductors such as Reinbert de Leeuw, Claudio Abbado, Esa Pekka Salonen, David Robertson, and Josep Pons. * The Winter & Winter classical album Im wunderschönen Monat Mai received a 2008 ECHO Klassik Award and a US Grammy Award nomination.