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A Manifesto on the Art of Living
Where Taste Meets Mind
Curated dinner evenings where fine cuisine, live music and storytelling
come together as one unforgettable experience.
OUR THREE MAIN FORMATS
Explore an evening about
the life, the century
and the (culinary) legacy of world famous composer Guiseppe Verdi.
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  • Evening salon · 20 to 80+ guests
  • Culinary Journey: A celebration of 19th-century Italian cuisine, inspired by the favourite dishes of Giuseppe Verdi.
  • Theme: An immersion into the world of opera — accompanied by stories of Verdi and the golden age of Italian operatic culture.
  • Experience: An elegant dinner evening uniting the favourites dishes of Verdi, live opera and the life and legacy of the majestro.
Black Tie
historical
4 course
ITALIAN CUISINE
LIVE PERFORMANCE
Enter the magnificent
story of Auguste Escoffier
and his way up to
France's Top Chef and
founder of modern Haute Cuisine.
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  • Private dinner · 15 to 30 guests
  • Culinary Inspiration: Modern French cuisine in the tradition of Auguste Escoffier — the father of Haute Cuisine.
  • Theme: Entering the time of the France's Second Empire and the journey into the early 20th century, where creativity and culinary artistry enter into a refined dialogue.
  • Experience: A Black-Tie dinner of understated elegance, accompanied by an artistic presentation.
Black Tie
French Cuisine
Intimate
Live Performance
Private Dinner
A journey from the great opera houses of Europe to the stages of the New World — told in music, in flavour, and in the souvenirs of a life lived on stage.
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  • 35 to 80+ guests — an evening that fills a room with life
  • Four culinary stations: Spain, Italy, France and a farewell from the New World
  • Each course carries the spirit of a city, an era, a song. A tasteful souvenir of Wolfgang's memories and his journey around the world.
  • Live opera, tango, and the stories only a life on stage can tell
Europe & New World
Live Concert
Tango
Vocal Moments
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ABOUT US
Not just a Dinner.
A Heartfelt Togetherness.
Taste2Mind brings together fine dining, live music and storytelling
in carefully curated evenings inspired by the great tradition of the European salon — those legendary
gatherings where intellect, art and the pleasures of the table were considered one and the same.
Each evening is a dramaturgically composed experience: from the first course to the final note, every element unfolds
with intention. Guests do not simply attend — they become part of a living, timeless tradition.
WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE
Fine Cuisine
Multi-course menus crafted by
master chefs
Live Music
Classical and contemporary performances
Stories & Salon
Curated narratives and intimate conversation

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Impressions
Created for Moments that last.
WHAT DRIVES US
Why Taste2Mind exists
Culture has always been born at shared tables. For millennia, philosophers, composers, poets and thinkers gathered not in lecture halls, but over meals — and the world changed more profoundly in those hours than in many wars. This tradition is not lost. It is merely sleeping. In vino veritas.
Taste2Mind awakens it. In an age where culture is consumed rather than experienced, we return to the most original form of cultural life: the shared evening, the table as a stage, conversation as an art form.
We believe that the deepest encounters — with music, with food, with ideas, with people — arise when all the senses are engaged at once.
Our evenings are not just events. They are experiences that linger
– like a melody one cannot forget.
THE FOUNDERS
Your Hosts
Concept & Production
Florian Balke
Producer · MORI Inc.
Florian Balke is the creative producer behind Baryton Royal and the driving force of MORI GmbH. With a background in event dramaturgy, he brings together the finest partners—chefs, musicians, and storytellers—into a single, seamlessly composed evening. MORI GmbH produces Baryton Royal as a touring format for private clients and cultural institutions across Europe.
Florian & Wolfgang at Zu Gast bei Verdi in Schloss Herrenstein (2026)
Voice & Host
Wolfgang Rauch
Dramatic Baritone · vocalmoments.com
Wolfgang A. Rauch is an international opera singer trained at the Conservatory and in Italy and France. After beginning his career at the Bavarian State Opera, he has performed on the world's most prestigious stages, from La Scala to the Vienna Staatsoper. Through Vocal Moments, he now brings this lifetime of experience directly to private celebrations and curated dinner evenings.
Our Guests
For Those Who
Appreciate Culture
Taste2Mind is for guests who seek more than a pleasant evening. They are people who do not merely hear music, but feel it — who do not simply enjoy a menu, but understand it — who experience conversation not as an obligation, but as a gift.
Our guests are connoisseurs: lovers of culture, music and fine cuisine who know the value of a shared hour. People for whom an evening is only complete when it leaves a trace — in memory, in conversation, in the soul.
Music Lovers
Connoisseurs of classical and contemporary music who cherish live performance in intimate settings.
Gastrosophers
Devotees of fine cuisine who understand gastronomy as cultural expression, not merely nourishment.
Conversationalists
Guests who seek meaningful dialogue and prefer depth of encounter over a superficial evening.
Cultural Patrons
Supporters of living cultural practice who wish to foster the connection
between art, table and community.
Collaborations
Born from Mastery & Partnership
Our Partner Network
Master Chefs & Kitchen Directors
Handpicked culinary professionals with a passion for cultural cuisine
Soloists & Ensembles
Chamber musicians, singers and ensembles from the classical world
Venues & Cultural Spaces
Historic salons, vaulted cellars, palaces and art spaces
Cultural Partners & Institutions
Opera houses, cultural foundations and
curatorial networks
Taste2Mind is not a singular project — it is a living platform, born from
collaboration with the finest in their fields. We work with master chefs who compose in the kitchen.
With musicians equally at home on the concert stage and at the dinner table.

With cultural institutions, opera houses, private clubs and historic venues.
Each partner brings their own voice.
What emerges is not a compromise, but a counterpoint
— a polyphonic composition in which cuisine,
music and cultural history play equal roles.
Take Your Seat at our Table
The next Taste2Mind evenings are approaching. Experience how fine cuisine, live music and cultural
history come together in a single evening — and discover what it means to be, together, more than the sum of one's parts. We look forward to welcoming you.
Tutto Nella Vita È Burla! — All the world's a jest.
CONTACT
Get in Touch
We would love to hear from you — whether you are planning a private celebration, a corporate evening or simply wish to learn more about our formats.
Wolfgang Rauch
Voice, Performance & Artistic Direction
Phone: (+49) 163 4845355
Cologne, Germany
Florian Balke
Concept, Production & Organisation
MORI GmbH
Koppenplatz 6 · 10115 Berlin, Germany
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