Competition Programmes
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51 – Lucerne Festival 2009 - Abbado Conducts Mahler No. 1 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3
“Like a cry of nature” - The expression opens Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony and is also the guiding theme of the Lucerne Festival 2009 program. To Mahler, nature and art were not opposites. Moreover, he felt that the one teaches the other....
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50 – Place
Four international greats meet in a unique collaboration when director Jonas Åkerlund makes a television movie of the choreographer Mats Ek's acclaimed dance piece "Place", starring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Ana Laguna. The piece...
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49 – An Evening with Gabriela Montero
Gabriela Montero loves improvisation. The Venezualian artist masters this uncommon art like no other contemporary classical pianist. In her concerts, this remarkable talent has become her highlight. This recital recording captures Monteros’...
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48 – Pierre Boulez - Inheriting the Future of Music
Pierre Boulez has already left an indelible imprint on the international music scene, not only as a composer and conductor but also as a philosopher of music and teacher. This documentary, a homage on the occasion of his 85th birthday, shows his...
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46 – My Father, the Iron Curtain and Me
At the center of this film is the relationship between father and son. The father in question, classical composer Andrzej Panufnik, died in 1991 and his son Jem, DJ and dance music creator, has always managed to keep a lid on his feelings of loss....
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45 – African Symphony
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra performed at the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Finno-African cultural center at Villa Karo in Benin. This was the first time that a symphony orchestra performed in this West African nation!
The orchestra...
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43 – Jazz from the North
The Jazz from the North musical series provides a seven-episode cross-section of the current state of jazz in the Nordic countries. How was the northern sound born and how has it evolved? The series answers these questions and also shows how jazz...
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42 – Salzburg: A Beautiful City Built by Music
Salzburg is known as “the heart of the heart of Europe”. This beautiful city is unique and miraculous. It is not only the home of Mozart, arguably the greatest musician ever, but was the locale for the famous movie musical "The Sound of...
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41 – Tocando Tierra con Eugenia León: Zapotec wind instrument orchestras in Sierra Juárez
Traditional music is played with wind instruments as the sounds of clarinets, sax and tuba accompany every event of Mixes and Zapotecs. To know how these bands were formed, Mexican singer Eugenia León visits the school for indigenous people from...
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40 – Shopping Moves
Suddenly, the whole shopping mall dances ! People in touch with each other on all levels. Customers moving, throwing, jumping through the cafes, the department stores and what was once an ordinary arena with escalators is magically changed.
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