Zubin Mehta
Biography: Zubin Mehta (born 29 April 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western and Eastern classical music. He is music director emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and conductor emeritus of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mehta was music director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from 1961 to 1967 and of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1962 to 1978, the youngest music director ever for any major North American orchestra. In 1969, he was appointed Music Adviser to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and in 1981 he became its Music Director for Life. From 1978 to 1991, Mehta was music director of the New York Philharmonic. Since 1985, he has also been chief conductor of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, Italy.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 29, 1936
Deathday: N/A
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Oh du mein Österreich
2015-05-18
Oh du mein Österreich
Overview: 60 years of the Austrian State Treaty (1955 - 2015). Robert Dornhelm and Gabriele Flossmann search for the current state of the "Austrian soul" in the Second Republic, our free and neutral Austria.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2015-05-18
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The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994
1994-07-17
The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994
Overview: It's not opera; it's not a pop concert; it's not Broadway. It's all of these and none of them. Once you accept the fact that this sequel to the original blockbuster concert recording is less about music and more about entertainment and the power of musical personalities, you can appreciate what you're hearing as an event--phenomenal and bizarre, momentous and frivolous. This is an occasion to celebrate the voices and egos of three huge superstars, and to have fun listening as Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, and Jose Carreras interact, bouncing lines off each other and playing to the overwhelmingly enthusiastic audience.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-17
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Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2007
2007-01-31
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2007
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Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2007-01-31
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Johann Strauss Gala - An Evening of Polka, Waltz, and Operetta
2000-08-01
Johann Strauss Gala - An Evening of Polka, Waltz, and Operetta
Overview: Johann Strauss Gala - An Evening of Polka, Waltz, and Operetta
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-01
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The Original Three Tenors Concert
1990-07-07
The Original Three Tenors Concert
Overview: The Three Tenors is a name given to the Spanish singers Plácido Domingo and José Carreras and the Italian singer Luciano Pavarotti who sang in concert under this banner during the 1990s and early 2000s. This is the first collaboration of the trio, with a performance at the ancient Baths of Caracalla, in Rome, Italy, on July 7, 1990 – the eve of the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final. Zubin Mehta conducted the orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the orchestra of Teatro dell'Opera di Roma.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1990-07-07
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The Bolero
1973-10-01
The Bolero
Overview: The first part of this Academy Award-winning short consists of a behind-the-scenes look at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra as it prepares to perform Ravel's "Bolero." Individual musicians offer their thoughts as workers set up chairs and music stands; there are also comments by conductor Zubin Mehta and scenes of Mehta and the orchestra rehearsing. The rest of the film features a complete performance of "Bolero" with striking images of the orchestra as the music relentlessly approaches its climax.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-01
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On Wings of Fire
1986-06-01
On Wings of Fire
Overview: Maestro Zubin Mehta introduces the history of Zoroastrianism and prophet Zarathushtra in an epic that covers 3500 years of the Zoroastrians, Parsees of India.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-01
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Midori spielt Brahms' Violinkonzert
2013-01-01
Midori spielt Brahms' Violinkonzert
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Genres: Music
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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Orchestra of Exiles
2012-10-26
Orchestra of Exiles
Overview: The suspenseful chronicle of how the prodigious Polish violinist Bronislaw Huberman helped save Europe’s premiere Jewish musicians from obliteration by the Nazis during World War II. In three years, he transformed from a world renowned violinist to a humanitarian racing against time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-26
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Bolero: A Global Hit
2019-01-01
Bolero: A Global Hit
Overview: Bolero is played every 15 minutes in the world. This film tries to answer how this famous melody inspired and influenced the world pop-culture? It explores the complexity and the richness of a piece so simple in appearance: the emotions it triggers, vertigo it creates, the words it inspires.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-01-01
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Geburtstagskonzert für Zubin Mehta zum 85. - Aus der Staatsoper Berlin
2021-01-01
Geburtstagskonzert für Zubin Mehta zum 85. - Aus der Staatsoper Berlin
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Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2021-01-01
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Best Goalkeeper in the World
2021-01-01
Best Goalkeeper in the World
Overview: Incredible story of Petar Radenkovic. From Belgrade to Munich, from cheap hotel rooms to a Bundesliga superstar. Millions of copies of his song were sold. The story of a man of whom Germany was proud and Yugoslavia wouldn't speak a word.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sr
Release Date: 2021-01-01
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Everything you wanted to know about conductors but were afraid to ask
1993-11-23
Everything you wanted to know about conductors but were afraid to ask
Overview: Documentary about the state of the conducting world in the 1990s. Broadcast as part of the BBC OMNIBUS strand of documentaries.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-23
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Zubin Mehta: A World full of Music
1998-07-09
Zubin Mehta: A World full of Music
Overview: The world famous conductor reminisces about his life in a wide ranging discussion about his varied and successful career.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-09
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Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2015
2015-02-05
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2015
Overview: The 2015 edition of the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert saw Zubin Mehta back on the podium after an eight year absence. Mehta has mellowed a bit in that time, and the program seems to reflect that. The orchestra plays with its usual style and finesse, though the fireworks are kept to a minimum. There's a lot of beautiful legato playing to be had here, which is enjoyable to hear when so many ensembles feel the need to punch and pull at music these days. In a word, "tradition" is on display, and that's a good thing.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2015-02-05
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The Trout
1970-11-08
The Trout
Overview: Christopher Nupen's record of the concert given by five young musicians in the new Queen Elizabeth Hall at London's South Bank, in 1969. The Trout is an exuberant explosion of youthful enjoyment in music: first from Schubert himself, who wrote his famous Trout quintet when he was 22 years old, and then from five young artists of the highest rank. They pick up the spirit of Schubert's music magnificently, both in preparation and rehearsal, and in their 1969 performance of the work, which has become one of the most remembered ever given. Includes personal introductions by Christopher Nupen and Jacqueline du Pré and features the legendary 1969 performance of The Trout with Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman, Jacqueline du Pré, Pinchas Zukerman and Zubin Mehta.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-11-08
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Wagner: Die Walküre
2010-10-11
Wagner: Die Walküre
Overview: It has been a long time since the events of Das Rheingold. Wotan has fathered nine Valkyries, warrior women who bring dead heroes to Valhalla (the castle of the Gods). Richard Wagner's dream of a Gesamkuntswerk becomes reality through La Fura dels Baus' visual fantasy and blending of video technology, lighting and props (often formed of human beings): Their 30 computer projections and organic structures built of athletic performers that recall Cirque du Soleil are predestined for Wagner's visionary expressive world.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2010-10-11
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
2009-11-16
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Overview: In the words of the prestigious German weekly 'Die Zeit,' the stage production of Wagner's 'Rheingold' and 'Walküre' by La Fura dels Baus 'quite possibly shows us the path that musical theater will be taking in the future.' There's no doubt about it: the Catalan city of Valencia is setting new accents in 21st-century opera not only with its spectacular new theater designed by Santiago Calatrava, but also with its visually transfixing production of Wagner's 'Ring' staged by Carlus Padrissa and his theater group La Fura dels Baus.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2009-11-16
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Wagner: Siegfried
2010-10-11
Wagner: Siegfried
Overview: Richard Wagner's dream of a Gesamkuntswerk becomes reality through La Fura dels Baus' visual fantasy and blending of video technology, lighting and props (often formed of human beings): Their 30 computer projections and organic structures built of athletic performers that recall Cirque du Soleil are predestined for Wagner's visionary expressive world.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2010-10-11
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
2010-10-11
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Overview: Richard Wagner's dream of a Gesamkuntswerk becomes reality through La Fura dels Baus' visual fantasy and blending of video technology, lighting and props (often formed of human beings): Their 30 computer projections and organic structures built of athletic performers that recall Cirque du Soleil are predestined for Wagner's visionary expressive world.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2010-10-11
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New Year's Concert 2015
2015-01-01
New Year's Concert 2015
Overview: New Year's Concert 2015
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2015-01-01
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We Want the Light
2004-10-22
We Want the Light
Overview: The struggles of the world’s Jewish people over the course of several centuries are expressed and explored through the music they inspired in this documentary from the BBC and Opus Arte. We Want the Light brings together harrowing tales from Holocaust survivors with performances of music by such legendary composers as Mahler, Bach, Mendelssohn, and Brahms. Interviews with: Alice Sommer Herz, Jacques Stroumsa, Evgeny Kissin, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Toby Perlman, Michael Haas, Elyakim Ha’etzni, Norman Lebrecht, Margaret Brearley, Paul Lawrence Rose, Daniel Barenboim, Yirmiyahu Yovel, Uri Toeplitz & Anita Lasker-Wallfisch. Featuring: Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Cologne Cathedral Children’s Choir & Cologne Opera Chorus.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-22
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The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow
1994-11-07
The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow
Overview: The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow is a film which sets out to bring the viewer closer, not to the details of Schubert's life, but to the spirit of what he was trying to express with what he called his creative gift and with which he tried "to brighten the world". The film begins with the funeral of Beethoven, at which Schubert was a torch-bearer, His story is told almost entirely in music written in the twenty months that remained to him after that date, together with quotations from Schubert's letters, diaries and the words that he chose to set in some of his songs. Includes personal introductions by Christopher Nupen and Jacqueline du Pré and features the legendary 1969 performance of The Trout with Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman, Jacqueline du Pré, Pinchas Zukerman and Zubin Mehta.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-07
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Khatia Buniatishvili and Zubin Mehta: Liszt & Beethoven
2016-11-16
Khatia Buniatishvili and Zubin Mehta: Liszt & Beethoven
Overview: Vivaldi, Mozart, and Beethoven serve up an evening of glittering virtuosity and transcendent melody in this unusual, all-concerto program. Filmed at Tel Aviv’s Mann Auditorium in July 2015. Zubin Mehta leads the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra as they accompany three very different 18th-century concertos performed respectively by trumpeters Ram Oren and Yigal Meltzer, clarinettist Ron Selka, and pianist Khatia Buniatishvili. Set-List: Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto for 2 Trumpets in C Major, RV 537 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 / Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2016-11-16
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Joint Concert in Tel Aviv
1990-04-18
Joint Concert in Tel Aviv
Overview: Some concerts are important simply as occasions: The “Joint Concert Tel Aviv” was a celebration of reconciliation, a performance shared by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra that would have been inconceivable a few years earlier. Zubin Mehta takes a massive band consisting of both orchestras through performances of Ben Haim’s fascinating “Psalm”, Ravel’s “La Valse” and Beethoven’s “Fifth Symphony”.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1990-04-18
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Dancing Beethoven
2017-04-13
Dancing Beethoven
Overview: A journey through the preparation and hardworking process of ballet dancers and musicians for a unique spectacle in Tokio that Béjart choreographed with the Ninth symphony of Beethoven. Béjart ballet dances with Tokio ballet and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Israel. A marvellous combination of dancers movements and expression of different feelings along the four movements of the symphony with absolute elegance and strength.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-13
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Tosca
1986-07-04
Tosca
Overview: This live version of Puccini s superbly dramatic opera was recorded in Rome in the exact locations and at the precise times of day as Puccini had written into his score. The action opens in Rome's beautiful 16th-century church of Sant Andrea della Valle, where Cavaradossi (Plácido Domingo) is innocently painting, moves to the Farnese Palace where Tosca (Catherine Malfitano) dramatically stabs the lustful Scarpia (Ruggero Raimondi), and finally to the battlements of the Castle Sant Angelo at dawn the following day where Cavaradossi is cruelly killed, and Tosca takes her own life.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-04
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Daniel Barenboim 70th Birthday Concert
2013-01-01
Daniel Barenboim 70th Birthday Concert
Overview: With family and friends present, Daniel Barenboim celebrates his seventieth birthday in the company of Zubin Mehta, and the Staatskapelle Berlin. He starts with Beethoven's Piano Concerto in C minor (No. 3) and ends with Tchaikovsky's Piano No. 1 with an Eliot Carter short atonal piece sandwiched between. Both the Beethoven and Tchaikovsky are exquisitely and passionately performed by Barenboim as he commands the piano and dazzles the audience. The structural composition of each comes alive; especially in the 2nd movement of the Tchaikovsky Concerto when the beautiful Claudia Stein opens with a sad flute introduction repeated by the piano. One marvels at the nuance of the Russian composition played an Argentine Israeli with a German orchestra conducted by a man born in Bombay. Mehta in his marvelous laconic way might be seen as the onlooker but the generous Barenboim does not allow it. He brings in Mehta and makes him part of it at all times.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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Der Rosenkavalier
2020-03-21
Der Rosenkavalier
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Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2020-03-21
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Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
1996-01-01
Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
Overview: Shot over a two-year period observing Abbado: a) Rossini, Overture to 'll Barbiere di Siviglia' b) Schubert, Symphony no. 2 B-Major, D. 125 c) Arnold Schonberg, Kammersinfonie no. 1 E-Major op. 9 (Filmed in Venice, Gran Teatro La Fenice, in February 1995, Chamber Orchestra of Europe). a) Richard Strauss, Elektra (Deborah Polaski, Karita Mattila, Marjana Lipovsek, Ferrucio Furlanetto) b) Beethoven, Symphony no 6 F-Major, op. 68, 'Pastorale' (Filmed in the Festspielhaus Salzburg on the occasion of the Easter Festival, April 1995, Berlin Philharmonic). a) Beethoven, Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 3 C-MINOR, OP. 37 (Maria Joao Pires) b) Bruckner, Symphony no. 9 D-Minor (Filmed in Paris, Cite de la Musique, in August 1995, Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra).
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Zubin Mehta: Los Angeles Philharmonic
1977-01-01
Zubin Mehta: Los Angeles Philharmonic
Overview: Recorded live at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in 1977, this film showcases the Los Angeles Philharmonic performing Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, featuring David Breidenthal on bassoon, with Zubin Mehta conducting. Highlighting the great strides the Philharmonic made under Mehta's direction, this program also includes performances of Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra, Dvorák's Symphony no. 8 in G Major and more.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 70th Anniversary Concert
2007-05-01
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 70th Anniversary Concert
Overview: Recorded live at the Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, 26 December 2006
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-01
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New Year's Concert: 2007 - Vienna Philharmonic
2007-01-01
New Year's Concert: 2007 - Vienna Philharmonic
Overview: Metha performs his 4th New Year's Concert with the Vienna Philharmonic. Included are works by Johann Strauss II, Josef Strass, Joseph Hellmesberger, Johann Strauss I, and Eduard Strauss.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Zubin Mehta & Mitsuko Uchida
Zubin Mehta & Mitsuko Uchida
Overview: Soloists Mitsuko Uchida on the piano, Zinovi Kaplan on the violin and Dudu Carmel on the oboe interpret the music of Bach ("Concerto for Violin and Oboe"), Beethoven ("Piano Concerto No. 4"), Stravinsky ("Pulcinella") and Schubert ("Rosamunde Overture"). They play under the able baton of maestro Zubin Mehta conducting the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Special features include artist bios and a documentary about the life of Johann Sebastian Bach.
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Original Language: en
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Pavarotti
2019-06-04
Pavarotti
Overview: Featuring never-before-seen footage, concert performances and intimate interviews, filmmaker Ron Howard examines the life and career of famed opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
Genres: Documentary History Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-04
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Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star
2017-09-06
Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star
Overview: Although he is unanimously credited with having democratised opera, making it accessible to the greatest number, focus is rarely put on the strategy he devised and implemented in order to carry out his actions, nor what his actions reveal of the man and artist, and of the resulting metamorphosis from opera singer to pop artist. Through this angle, this film sets out to pay tribute to the man who summed up his credo, obsession and life’s work, in the following way: “They led the public to believe that classical music belonged to a restricted elite. I was the way to prove to the world that was wrong.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-09-06
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Die Entführung aus dem Serail
1967-01-01
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
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Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Book Hunters
2017-09-22
Book Hunters
Overview: When chaos reigns, while barbaric and fanatical rulers, both ecclesiastical and secular, systematically burn entire libraries, book hunters, secret heroes of history, travel the world saving and copying texts, threatened by the madness of censors, with the noble purpose of preventing the ultimate loss of human knowledge.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2017-09-22
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Zubin Mehta: Conductor and Citizen of the World
2016-01-01
Zubin Mehta: Conductor and Citizen of the World
Overview: Zubin Mehta is one of the most charismatic conductors of our time. A citizen of the world with many facets: Indian culture and Parsi spirituality, North American lifestyle and European musical tradition. The portrait accompanies Zubin Mehta to current places of activity and important stages of his life. [arte.de]
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2016-01-01
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Jacqueline du Pré: A Gift Beyond Words
Jacqueline du Pré: A Gift Beyond Words
Overview: A tribute to Jacqueline du Pré to mark the thirtieth anniversary of her death thirty years ago, on 19 October 1987. The film contains archive footage shot during Jacqueline du Pré’s lifetime which captures some glorious and professionally filmed live performances. It also remembers both her personality and her music through the memories and tributes of her closest friends and colleagues.
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Original Language: en
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Boléro, le refrain du monde
2019-12-29
Boléro, le refrain du monde
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-12-29
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