The “Hochschule für Musik und Tanz” Cologne, the WDR, ARS Produktion and the sponsors of the “Hochschule für Musik und Tanz” Cologne would like to make it possible for students to produce a professional album and thus especially promote it. The musicians must meet strict artistic quality criteria, and an in-house jury of professors decides who wins the award “Taste the Best”. First prize winner Arash Rokni chose a copy of a Walter grand piano by Paul McNulty for the works of W.F. & C.P.E. Bach and Beethoven. On a Blüthner instrument from 1905 he then plays the suites of J.S. Bach and Schönberg.
