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André Previn: The Kindness of Strangers
directed by Tony Palmer, 1941-; composed by André Previn, 1929-2019, Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897, Maurice Ravel, 1875-1937 and Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 1897-1957; conducted by André Previn, 1929-2019; produced by Reiner Moritz, 1938- and Mike Bluett, fl. 1993; performed by Renée Fleming, 1959-, Grady Tate, 1932-, Ray Brown, 1926-2002, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, 1944-, David E. Finck, 1958- and André Previn, 1929-2019, Emerson Quartet, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne and NHK Strings, in André Previn: The Kindness of Strangers (Germany: ArtHaus Musik, 2012), 1 hour 30 mins
Andre George Previn’s simultaneous world careers as a director, composer and pianist are extremely thrilling and interesting, and they cannot be told in just a few words. The names of his teachers and the artists and orchestras with which he worked belong to the select few of their field in the classic scene. Pr...
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directed by Tony Palmer, 1941-; composed by André Previn, 1929-2019, Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897, Maurice Ravel, 1875-1937 and Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 1897-1957; conducted by André Previn, 1929-2019; produced by Reiner Moritz, 1938- and Mike Bluett, fl. 1993; performed by Renée Fleming, 1959-, Grady Tate, 1932-, Ray Brown, 1926-2002, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, 1944-, David E. Finck, 1958- and André Previn, 1929-2019, Emerson Quartet, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne and NHK Strings, in André Previn: The Kindness of Strangers (Germany: ArtHaus Musik, 2012), 1 hour 30 mins
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Andre George Previn’s simultaneous world careers as a director, composer and pianist are extremely thrilling and interesting, and they cannot be told in just a few words. The names of his teachers and the artists and orchestras with which he worked belong to the select few of their field in the classic scene. Previn was born in 1929 in Berlin and emigrated to the United States in 1938 where his family settled in Hollywood. He was awarded the Os...
Andre George Previn’s simultaneous world careers as a director, composer and pianist are extremely thrilling and interesting, and they cannot be told in just a few words. The names of his teachers and the artists and orchestras with which he worked belong to the select few of their field in the classic scene. Previn was born in 1929 in Berlin and emigrated to the United States in 1938 where his family settled in Hollywood. He was awarded the Oscar a total of four times. Along with his work as a director he has also composed orchestra and chamber music as well as two stage entertainments. He however doesn’t consider himself as belonging to the musical avant-garde.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Emerson Quartet, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, NHK Strings, Renée Fleming, 1959-, Grady Tate, 1932-, Ray Brown, 1926-2002, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, 1944-, David E. Finck, 1958-, André Previn, 1929-2019
Contributor
André Previn, 1929-2019, Reiner Moritz, 1938-, Mike Bluett, fl. 1993
Author / Creator
André Previn, 1929-2019, Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897, Maurice Ravel, 1875-1937, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 1897-1957, Tony Palmer, 1941-, Emerson Quartet, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, NHK Strings, Renée Fleming, 1959-, Grady Tate, 1932-, Ray Brown, 1926-2002, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, 1944-, David E. Finck, 1958-
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
ArtHaus Musik
Person Discussed
André Previn, 1929-2019
Topic / Theme
Music careers, Opera, Composers, Music composition, Music conducting, Classical Music
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 by ArtHaus Musik GmbH
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Bruckners Entscheidung
directed by Jan Schmidt-Garre, 1962- (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1995), 1 hour 19 mins
The dramatization of a severe professional and personal crisis in the life of Anton Bruckner, who has to make the most important decision he will ever make whether to stay in his hometown of Linz as a teacher and organist or go to Vienna to work as a composer. This period of soul-searching makes his later symphoni...
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directed by Jan Schmidt-Garre, 1962- (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1995), 1 hour 19 mins
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The dramatization of a severe professional and personal crisis in the life of Anton Bruckner, who has to make the most important decision he will ever make whether to stay in his hometown of Linz as a teacher and organist or go to Vienna to work as a composer. This period of soul-searching makes his later symphonies all the more powerful. At the age of 43, Anton Bruckner still has not yet developed his full musical genius. Although everything ins...
The dramatization of a severe professional and personal crisis in the life of Anton Bruckner, who has to make the most important decision he will ever make whether to stay in his hometown of Linz as a teacher and organist or go to Vienna to work as a composer. This period of soul-searching makes his later symphonies all the more powerful. At the age of 43, Anton Bruckner still has not yet developed his full musical genius. Although everything inside him is striving towards music he finds one excuse after another to turn away from his vocation. Having completed every imaginable course of study in music, he is now confronted with the decision of his life: should he go to Vienna and complete his work as a composer, or should he remain in his hometown of Linz as a teacher and organist? Director Jan Schmidt-Garre's work is, like much of Bruckner's music, poetic and beautiful, with a sense of timelessness.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Jan Schmidt-Garre, 1962-
Date Published / Released
1995-10-08, 1995
Publisher
Monarda Arts
Person Discussed
Anton Bruckner, 1824-1896
Topic / Theme
Music careers, Career choice, Composers, Musicians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1995 Monarda Arts
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Callas
directed by Peter Weinberg, 1948-1986; produced by Peter Weinberg, 1948-1986; performed by Franco Zeffirelli, 1923- and Maria Callas, 1923-1977, in Callas (Bel Canto Society, 1978), 1 hour 28 mins
Performance footage: from London, 1964, 'O mio babbino caro' (complete) plus her comments to the audience (her voice is not fresh, the middle is in woeful shape, but she puts the aria across), from Paris, 1964, 'Ah! non credea mirarti' (complete); from Paris, 1958, 'Fine al rito.... Ah! bello a me,' from Norma (yo...
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directed by Peter Weinberg, 1948-1986; produced by Peter Weinberg, 1948-1986; performed by Franco Zeffirelli, 1923- and Maria Callas, 1923-1977, in Callas (Bel Canto Society, 1978), 1 hour 28 mins
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Performance footage: from London, 1964, 'O mio babbino caro' (complete) plus her comments to the audience (her voice is not fresh, the middle is in woeful shape, but she puts the aria across), from Paris, 1964, 'Ah! non credea mirarti' (complete); from Paris, 1958, 'Fine al rito.... Ah! bello a me,' from Norma (you can see her body feeling the musical pulse), 'Vissi d’arte,' 'D’amor sull’ali rosee' and 'Miserere'; from Paris, 1965, the reci...
Performance footage: from London, 1964, 'O mio babbino caro' (complete) plus her comments to the audience (her voice is not fresh, the middle is in woeful shape, but she puts the aria across), from Paris, 1964, 'Ah! non credea mirarti' (complete); from Paris, 1958, 'Fine al rito.... Ah! bello a me,' from Norma (you can see her body feeling the musical pulse), 'Vissi d’arte,' 'D’amor sull’ali rosee' and 'Miserere'; from Paris, 1965, the recitative to 'Casta diva' (she sings with fabulous variety of expression and is commanding yet serene); from Chicago, 1955, Butterfly (1 min., 40 secs., silent); from Milan, 1960, Poliuto excerpt (silent) and 1961, Medea excerpt (silent).
Newsreel footage: her funeral cortege; the Rome Walkout ('I would spit in the faces of my enemies...and make them go on their knees in front of me! I can! I will! And I must!'); her break with Ghiringhelli, Callas reading Bing’s telegram firing her ('I cannot do routine'); Meneghini, Onassis and Churchill; Callas hounded by the press on her private life; Callas dancing with Onassis; her return to New York (1965); press conference about the Medea film (plus clips from the film); Callas as co-stage director with Di Stefano, directing Vespri in Turin; in a bathing suit with Onassis; interviews with her fans, who had been on the Met standing-room line for four days; Onassis’s death.
Interviews: Bing ('Does she run the Met or do I?...She became intolerable!'...'She was more difficult than others because she was more intelligent"); Nicola Rescigno ('Her body was like that of a pachyderm'); Rescigno and Giulini explain her actions and their consequences; Lord Harewood’s interviews with Callas; Menotti; Scotto ('Callas taught me discipline' and on the Edinburgh Sonnambula and the Scala Medea—'Cut Glauce’s aria'); Caballé; Gobbi on her lost confidence and unhappiness; De Hidalgo on Callas as a student; manager Gorlinsky on the Callas-Di Stefano concert tour; Tebaldi on their rivalry; Visconti in discussion with Callas in French with English subtitles, including the 'radish' incident.
Other topics: Sound vs. the use of sound: Tebaldi vs. Callas; her debut at 15; her Italian debut; 'I learned from Serafin that you must serve music'; 'No agent would give me a job because immediately after my debut I wasn’t loved that much. I was something new to listen to and they disliked anything that took them away from tradition'; her history at La Scala; her weight loss; her glaucoma; Jackie Onassis; Zeffirelli and Gobbi on the London Toscas, her loneliness, her death.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Franco Zeffirelli, 1923-, Maria Callas, 1923-1977
Contributor
Peter Weinberg, 1948-1986
Author / Creator
Peter Weinberg, 1948-1986, Franco Zeffirelli, 1923-, Maria Callas, 1923-1977
Date Published / Released
1978
Publisher
Bel Canto Society
Person Discussed
Maria Callas, 1923-1977
Topic / Theme
Music careers, Opera
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Conversations with Yehudi Menuhin – Mykonos, June 1994
directed by Bruno Monsaingeon; produced by Bettina Rettig, Hélène Le Coeur, fl. 1988 and Pierre-Olivier Bardet, 1951-, EuroArts Music International and Idéale Audience; interview by Bruno Monsaingeon (Berlin State: EuroArts, 1994), 3 hours 6 mins
Bruno Monsaingeon is famous for getting up close and personal to world-class artists in his documentaries. In this invaluable historical document, he offers the audience an intimate portrait of living-legend violinist Yehudi Menuhin - talking about everything from his musical career, politics, his childhood and fa...
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directed by Bruno Monsaingeon; produced by Bettina Rettig, Hélène Le Coeur, fl. 1988 and Pierre-Olivier Bardet, 1951-, EuroArts Music International and Idéale Audience; interview by Bruno Monsaingeon (Berlin State: EuroArts, 1994), 3 hours 6 mins
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Bruno Monsaingeon is famous for getting up close and personal to world-class artists in his documentaries. In this invaluable historical document, he offers the audience an intimate portrait of living-legend violinist Yehudi Menuhin - talking about everything from his musical career, politics, his childhood and family and his work as an ambassador for peace and understanding in the world.
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Bettina Rettig, Hélène Le Coeur, fl. 1988, Pierre-Olivier Bardet, 1951-, EuroArts Music International, Idéale Audience
Author / Creator
Bruno Monsaingeon
Date Published / Released
1994
Publisher
EuroArts
Person Discussed
Yehudi Menuhin, 1916-1999
Topic / Theme
Politics, Music careers, Performing arts life, Violin
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1994 EuroArts Music International
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Copland Portrait
directed by Terry Sanders, 1931-; composed by Aaron Copland, 1900-1990; conducted by Aaron Copland, 1900-1990; produced by Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013 and Terry Sanders, 1931-, United States Information Agency (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 1967), 30 mins
Aaron Copland is considered by many to be America's premier composer. His musical works range from ballet and orchestra to choral music and movie scores. "Copland Portrait" is a rare intimate portrait of a man and his music. Filmed at Copland's home in Peekskill, N.Y., at Tanglewood, and in Washington D.C., this a...
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directed by Terry Sanders, 1931-; composed by Aaron Copland, 1900-1990; conducted by Aaron Copland, 1900-1990; produced by Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013 and Terry Sanders, 1931-, United States Information Agency (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 1967), 30 mins
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Aaron Copland is considered by many to be America's premier composer. His musical works range from ballet and orchestra to choral music and movie scores. "Copland Portrait" is a rare intimate portrait of a man and his music. Filmed at Copland's home in Peekskill, N.Y., at Tanglewood, and in Washington D.C., this award winning film is a must for all lovers of American classical music.
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Aaron Copland, 1900-1990, Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013, Terry Sanders, 1931-, United States Information Agency
Author / Creator
Aaron Copland, 1900-1990, Terry Sanders, 1931-
Date Published / Released
1967
Publisher
American Film Foundation
Person Discussed
Aaron Copland, 1900-1990
Topic / Theme
Revolution and Protest context, Music and Social Change, Music careers, Music composition, The Arts
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1967 American Film Foundation
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Horowitz in Moscow
directed by Brian Large, 1939-; produced by Peter Gelb, 1953-, Sony; performed by Vladimir Horowitz, 1903-1989, in Horowitz in Moscow (Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 1986), 1 hour 47 mins
A recording of Horowitz's historic recital in Moscow, the program also includes highlights of his return to his native Soviet Union - his first visit in 61 years.
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directed by Brian Large, 1939-; produced by Peter Gelb, 1953-, Sony; performed by Vladimir Horowitz, 1903-1989, in Horowitz in Moscow (Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 1986), 1 hour 47 mins
Description
A recording of Horowitz's historic recital in Moscow, the program also includes highlights of his return to his native Soviet Union - his first visit in 61 years.
Date Written / Recorded
1986
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Performance, Interview
Performer / Ensemble
Vladimir Horowitz, 1903-1989
Contributor
Peter Gelb, 1953-, Sony
Author / Creator
Brian Large, 1939-, Vladimir Horowitz, 1903-1989
Date Published / Released
1986
Publisher
C Major Entertainment
Person Discussed
Vladimir Horowitz, 1903-1989, Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin, 1872-1915
Topic / Theme
Music careers, Concerts, Performance influences, Piano, Classical Music
Copyright Message
Copyright 2012. Used by permission of C Major Entertainment. All rights reserved.
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Karim's Journey
directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; produced by Allegro; performed by Karim Said, fl. 2007, in Karim's Journey (Guildford, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 2009), 59 mins
The film traces the development of an exceptional musical talent from childhood to the beginnings of maturity. Our subject is Karim Said, whom we followed from the age of 11 to the age of 18 in six different countries. Karim Said was born in Amman where he studied percussion with his father and the piano with Agne...
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directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; produced by Allegro; performed by Karim Said, fl. 2007, in Karim's Journey (Guildford, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 2009), 59 mins
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The film traces the development of an exceptional musical talent from childhood to the beginnings of maturity. Our subject is Karim Said, whom we followed from the age of 11 to the age of 18 in six different countries. Karim Said was born in Amman where he studied percussion with his father and the piano with Agnes Victorovna (alumna of the Gnessin School, Moscow). He has been applauded by established musicians and juries in several countries and...
The film traces the development of an exceptional musical talent from childhood to the beginnings of maturity. Our subject is Karim Said, whom we followed from the age of 11 to the age of 18 in six different countries. Karim Said was born in Amman where he studied percussion with his father and the piano with Agnes Victorovna (alumna of the Gnessin School, Moscow). He has been applauded by established musicians and juries in several countries and already won nine international prizes. His distinguishing characteristics are his naturalness, both in his music and in his personality, his humour, his intelligence and a total lack of pretence but, above and beyond these things, it is the way in which his music gets through to his audiences and touches people, that sets him apart.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Karim Said, fl. 2007
Contributor
Allegro
Author / Creator
Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967, Karim Said, fl. 2007
Date Published / Released
2008, 2009
Publisher
Allegro Films, London, England
Person Discussed
Karim Said, fl. 2007
Topic / Theme
Music careers, Musical performances, Music conducting, Musicians, Music schools
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2008 by Allegro Films
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PART II: BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTS: Liszt on the Artist in Society
written by Ralph P. Locke and Franz Liszt, 1811-1886; edited by Christopher H. Gibbs and Dana Gooley; in Liszt and His World (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006), 311-322
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written by Ralph P. Locke and Franz Liszt, 1811-1886; edited by Christopher H. Gibbs and Dana Gooley; in Liszt and His World (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006), 311-322
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Christopher H. Gibbs, Dana Gooley
Author / Creator
Ralph P. Locke, Franz Liszt, 1811-1886
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Person Discussed
Franz Liszt, 1811-1886
Topic / Theme
Performing arts life, Music criticism, Radicalism, Music careers, Societal roles, Music composition, Music education, Contests and competitions
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Michael Nyman - In Progress
directed by Silvia Beck, fl. 1994; produced by Monarda Arts (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 2009), 1 hour 21 mins
NYMAN IN PROGRESS is a film about a very special moment in the famous composer's artistic life. Until now, Michael Nyman’s fine reputation has rested on music. Composing with innovative minimalism for films as memorable as The Draughtsman’s Contract, The Ogre, Man on Wire, and most famously for Campion´s The...
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directed by Silvia Beck, fl. 1994; produced by Monarda Arts (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 2009), 1 hour 21 mins
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NYMAN IN PROGRESS is a film about a very special moment in the famous composer's artistic life. Until now, Michael Nyman’s fine reputation has rested on music. Composing with innovative minimalism for films as memorable as The Draughtsman’s Contract, The Ogre, Man on Wire, and most famously for Campion´s The Piano, he has reached an international audience. But now, Michael Nyman is about to become a filmmaker himself. Featuring unprecedented...
NYMAN IN PROGRESS is a film about a very special moment in the famous composer's artistic life. Until now, Michael Nyman’s fine reputation has rested on music. Composing with innovative minimalism for films as memorable as The Draughtsman’s Contract, The Ogre, Man on Wire, and most famously for Campion´s The Piano, he has reached an international audience. But now, Michael Nyman is about to become a filmmaker himself. Featuring unprecedented access to the composer and his working life, this film shows one of the great composers of our time in all his diversity and endless energy. From London to Berlin, from Mexico to Poland this film is also a journey through today’s musical world. It shows Michael Nyman, the musician, in his concerts with the Michael Nyman Band and live collaborations with other internationally known musicians or orchestras. But throughout his journeys, this film discovers Nymans increasing passion for filming and photography. Witnessing the development of Nyman´s visual works from the very moment of inspiration right through to his editing of the footage and the combination of the visuals with his music, this film gives a unique insight into Michael Nyman´s very personal views, his thoughts and emotions, his world.
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Field of Study
Popular Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Monarda Arts
Author / Creator
Silvia Beck, fl. 1994
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Monarda Arts
Speaker / Narrator
Carsten Nicolai, fl. 2000, Steve Reich, 1936-
Person Discussed
Carsten Nicolai, fl. 2000, Steve Reich, 1936-, Michael Nyman, 1944-
Topic / Theme
Composers, Professional life, Music careers, Musicians, Orchestration (Music)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 Monarda Arts
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Miloš: Heartstrings
directed by George Scott, 1966-; produced by Nick de Grunwald, fl. 1992-2016, ISIS (Film production) and Deutsche Grammophon, in Miloš - Heartstrings (Berlin, Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 2012), 56 mins
In early 2011 The UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper claimed, "The Classical Guitar has a new hero". That man is thirty-year-old Miloš Karadaglic from Montenegro. "I want to wake this instrument from hibernation", he says. From growing up in war-torn Yugoslavia, discovering a battered guitar in his parents' bedroom,...
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directed by George Scott, 1966-; produced by Nick de Grunwald, fl. 1992-2016, ISIS (Film production) and Deutsche Grammophon, in Miloš - Heartstrings (Berlin, Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 2012), 56 mins
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In early 2011 The UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper claimed, "The Classical Guitar has a new hero". That man is thirty-year-old Miloš Karadaglic from Montenegro. "I want to wake this instrument from hibernation", he says. From growing up in war-torn Yugoslavia, discovering a battered guitar in his parents' bedroom, Heartstrings tells the story of his love affair with the guitar, taking it to concert halls around the world and restoring it to its ri...
In early 2011 The UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper claimed, "The Classical Guitar has a new hero". That man is thirty-year-old Miloš Karadaglic from Montenegro. "I want to wake this instrument from hibernation", he says. From growing up in war-torn Yugoslavia, discovering a battered guitar in his parents' bedroom, Heartstrings tells the story of his love affair with the guitar, taking it to concert halls around the world and restoring it to its rightful place in the pantheon of classical music. The documentary was filmed throughout 2012, the breakthrough year on the concert stage for Miloš with sold-out debut performances and tours around the word, and charts the guitarist's story to date.
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Date Written / Recorded
2012
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Nick de Grunwald, fl. 1992-2016, ISIS (Film production), Deutsche Grammophon, Milos Karadaglic, 1983-
Author / Creator
George Scott, 1966-
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
C Major Entertainment
Speaker / Narrator
Milos Karadaglic, 1983-
Person Discussed
Milos Karadaglic, 1983-
Topic / Theme
Musical performances, Autobiographies, Music careers, Musicians, Guitar
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 by C Major Entertainment
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