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What’s in your bag, Alan Walker?

Baggage Check

In 2015, his single “Faded” climbed to the top of the charts and stayed there. Since then, music producer and DJ Walker, 20, has become one of the most successful artists of his day with more than 11 million subscribers on YouTube alone.

What’s in your bag, Peter Maffay? 

Baggage Check

The German singer with the Transylvanian roots has been producing one hit song after another for more than 40 years. No one has released more No. 1 albums in Germany than Peter Maffay, 68. This ­February and March, he is touring the country with his new album MTV Unplugged. He let Lufthansa Magazin take a peek inside his case(s) at Leipzig Airport

“I’m in the business of illusion”

Sky talk

Musical star, actor, model and Oscar host: Hugh Jackman is an all-rounder. In an interview, he talks about his fear of singing, about big egos, small problems and the end of Wolverine

What’s in your bag, Daniel Müller-Schott?

Baggage Check

Once described by the New York Times as “a fearless player with technique to burn,” German cellist Daniel Müller-Schott, 41, has played all the great concert halls around the world. Lufthansa Magazin peeked into his bag at Munich Airport

The street’s eye

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Bruce Gilden is a New Yorker through and through – and rose to fame as a photographer of people on the streets of the U.S. metropolis. For his FACE series, he created disconcerting portraits of people for whom life is a daily struggle. A conversation about the beauty of normality, violence on the street and real problems with his father

What’s in your bag, Mr. Boyle?

Baggage Check

The punk of the literature scene’s The Road to Wellville and The Tortilla Curtain are on the syllabus in many U.S. schools. His latest book, The Terranauts, is about eight scientists trapped in an ecosphere. Lufthansa Magazin took a look at the 68-year-old’s luggage at Zurich Airport

“It’s never been better than now”

Interview

Gilles Peterson, DJ, producer, BBC host and record collector, has been inspiring music lovers around the world for over 30 years. Lufthansa joins him as he explores the music scene in Cape Town for his online radio station Worldwide FM

The elements of aroma

Profile

Heston Blumenthal is regarded as the pioneer of molecular cuisine. His five restaurants boast a total of six Michelin stars. The British chef doesn't see himself as an artist in the kitchen, even his manager puts it dryly but definitively: “Heston doesn't cook.” No, Blumenthal is busy doing other things of a perhaps more elevated nature

“Female empowerment is totally liberating!”

Sky talk

Young, successful Jennifer Lawrence is the face of the new Hollywood. She talks about her fears, about life as a star, about fighting for fair wages and her admiration for Joni Mitchell

Manipulator of emotions

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Illustrator Christoph Niemann is a man with a charming breed of very clever humor. He sketches for newspapers and magazines in Europe and the United States, he develops delightful apps for children and adults – and never takes himself too seriously. High time to pay a visit to his studio in Berlin

“I’m a total romantic!”

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Still making movie after movie at 80, tireless author and director Woody Allen talks about his latest project, Café Society, about places yet to be visited, nostalgia and the gratification of working with excellent professionals

“Regret is the worst thing in the world!”

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An angry young man in Good Will Hunting and a survivor in The Martian, Matt Damon is now back as the troubled fighter in Jason Bourne. In an interview, he talks about family, friends, frustration and the new influence of TV