Martynas Levickis and the Accordion
His first concert hall was the local forest in Lithuania. Martynas Levickis started playing the accordion when he was three years old. His first instrument – a gift by his godfather – he played with two fingers only. Scales, exercises – the beginnings at the music school weren’t easy for the young Lithuanian, but later […]
Lang Lang plays Saint-Saëns
After his intensive exploration of Johann Sebastian Bach, star pianist Lang Lang is now devoting himself to the work of Camille Saint-Saëns, who himself was greatly influenced by the music of the Thomaskantor. The focus of the evening in Leipzig’s Gewandhaus is the 2nd Piano Concerto in G minor, which Saint-Saëns himself performed here in […]
Beethoven’s Nine – Ode to Humanity
In early 2023, filmmaker Larry Weinstein set out to make a documentary about Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. It was supposed to be about how far we have come in the two hundred years since it was written. But when world events pull Larry into his own film, the question becomes a deeply personal one. ”Beethoven’s” Nine […]
Deutsche Grammophon 125 Gala Concert
As part of the celebrations marking 125 years of Deutsche Grammophon, this special gala concert from Berlin showcases a galaxy of the label’s stars. Joana Mallwitz conducts the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and is joined by a brilliant array of soloists: Bomsori, Kian Soltani and Rafał Blechacz take the stage for Beethoven’s Triple Concerto; Andrè Schuen sings […]
Lang Lang & Gina Alice: “The Carnival of the Animals”
Lang Lang and Gina Alice bring the “The Carnival of the Animals” to the stage with the Gewandhaus Orchestra under Andris Nelsons – Saint-Saëns’ “zoological fantasy” for two pianos and orchestra. Saint-Saëns wrote the 14-movement suite in 1886, but then let the score disappear into a drawer in order to preserve his reputation as a […]
An Army of Women
A group of women in Austin, Texas, join forces to legally challenge the system that allowed their rapists to walk free. “An Army of Women” is the landmark story of women fighting to hold law enforcement accountable, with resounding relevance worldwide. Director & DP: Julie Lunde Lillesæter, Editors: Trude Lirhus, Mathias Askeland, Composer: Therese AuneSound […]
