Piano Dreams
There are currently 40 million piano students in China. With many practising up to ten hours a day, pianomania has truly gripped the nation. The film follows three young hopefuls and their dedicated families as they chase their dreams in the ultra-competitive world of piano education. It’s both an intimate portrait of remarkably talented young […]
Avi Avital and the mandolin
“I didn’t seek out the mandolin – it found me,” says Avi Avital. The 44-year-old is now the most sought-after mandolinist of our time. Almost completely on his own, he has brought the instrument back to the major concert halls. More than 100 compositions have been written for him. He is the first mandolinist to […]
Bob Wilson – The Beauty of the Mysterious
A Film by Carl von Karstedt with: Marina Abramovic, Willem Dafoe, Tom Waits, Philipp Glass, Christian Friedel, Christopher Nell, Ann-Christin Rommen, Stefan Kurt, Sabin Tambrea und Traute Hoess We look back at more than half a century of mysterious artistic creation while trying to crack a unique artistic code. Why are people moved to tears […]
Electronic Vibrations – A Sound Changes the World
With the participation of: Jean-Michel Jarre, Eliane Radigue, Jan St. Werner, Simon Stockhausen, Jaqueline Schaeffer, Peter Baumann, Emil Schult, François Bonnet Whether avant-garde, techno or hip hop – electronic music is now a driving force from contemporary classical music to pop. It has almost been forgotten that its sources can be found in Paris and […]
Renoir – Portrait of Changing Times
Auguste Renoir is seen as one of the inventors of impressionism that breaks with centuries of tradition. This new style of painting, as well as the new motifs strike the contemporary public as radically different. Renoir himself however sees his paintings as echoes of an era long past. The film “Renoir – Portrait of Changing […]
Joana Mallwitz conducts Mozart and Tchaikovsky
Joana Mallwitz already occupies an exceptional position among the young shooting stars of conductors. At 27, she was Europe’s youngest general music director, in 2019 the magazine “Opernwelt” chose her as “Conductor of the Year”, her debut in 2020 at the Salzburg Festival with Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” was acclaimed, and as of the 2023/24 […]
