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Sophia: Biography of a Violin Concerto (2008)
Directed by Jan Schmidt-Garre
Documentary, Music · 56m
Russian-born composer Sofia Gubaidulina entered the international spotlight at a relatively late age, when the 49-year-old came forward with her premier violin concerto, "Offertorium," in 1980. Gubaidulina authored that piece for Gideon Kremer. Curiously, it would be another 12 years before Gubaidulina received a commission (from Paul Sacher) to author her second violin concerto, and another 15 years after that until the notes fell on ears ripe with anticipation. For the debut of the "Second Violin Concerto," Gubaidulina insisted that no one other than German violin virtuoso Anne-Sophie Mutter perform it. That Mutter performance from August 2007 appears, in its entirety, in this classical concert film. Jan Schmidt-Garre directs.
Cast
Sofiya Gubaydulina
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Simon Rattle
Crew
- Director
- Jan Schmidt-Garre
- Writer
- Jan Schmidt-Garre
- Director of Photography
- Thomas Bresinsky
- Editor
- Gaby Kull-Neujahr
- Producer
- Marieke Schroeder, Jan Schmidt-Garre
Details
- Original title
- Sophia: Ein Violinkonzert für Anne-Sophie Mutter
- Release date
- 2008-04-21
- Runtime
- 56m
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- German, Russian, English
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Pars Media, ARTE, ZDF