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- Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
- In May 2009, 29 young contestants came from all over the world to compete in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth Texas, the most prestigious prize in the music world. This is the story of one of them, a 20 year old from Tokyo, Nobuyuki Tsujii, blind from birth.
- Not since Paganini had there been such a magician on the violin. Jascha Heifetz was the first truly modern virtuoso, a man about whom Itzhak Perlman said, 'When I spoke with him, I can't believe, I'm talking to God'. Heifetz was a legendary but mysterious figure whose story embodies the dual nature of artistic genius. The paradox of how a mortal man lives with immortal gifts - gifts he must honor, but which extract a life-long price. Is the man and the artist the same person? What is the price each pays? And who was the man behind the music?
- Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Henry Geldzahler reflects on the 1960s pop art scene in New York.
- As seen through the eyes and memories of 15 gold medalists, The Cliburn: 50 Years of Gold follows the half-century long history of one of the world's most prestigious music competitions, set against the backdrop of beautiful music. The most important moment in the life of a young pianist is when he or she walks out onto the stage of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Gut-wrenching drama, strung-out nerves and the joy of victory are the elements that make up this extraordinary film retrospective.
- 90-minute special on the architect. Filmed throughout the world over a two-year period.
- "Rachmaninoff Revisited" is the first comprehensive biography of the great Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. (1873-1943) Featuring commentary and performances by today's most respected pianists, this is a story of overcoming severe hardships and eventual redemption through the power of music.
- Blind from birth, 20 year old pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii's handicap, if a drawback at all, never affected his ability to play the piano. Set against the backdrop of the music of Liszt, Beethoven, Mussorgsky, and other inspiring piano masterpieces, this film will be an inspiration to all people who face disabilities, hurdles, or obstacles in life. When Gold Medalist Nobuyuki Tsujii rose from the piano, having completed his performance at the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in May, 2009, audience members leapt to their feet and jurors were moved to tears by his passionate interpretations. The extraordinary and poignant performances by the young pianist from Japan, and the resulting audience impact, has taken on a momentum that Time Magazine coined "Nobu Fever".
- A documentary about the life of Soviet Armenian composer Aram Khachaturyan. Among other events, the film covers Khachaturyan's difficulties working as a creative artist during the Stalin era.
- The career of dancer-defector Alexander Godunov traced from his days in Latvia, where Baryshnikov was a classmate, to his 1982 American tour. Performances, rare Soviet footage, interviews with Jacqueline Bisset and other friends.
- Two hour programs co-produced with the BBC, Arts & Entertainment Network, and ICM Artists Video. Executive Producers Lee Lamont, Peter Rosen. Yo-Yo Ma, Emanual Ax, Leon Fleisher, Roger Norrington, Bobby McFerrin, Isaac Stern, Jian Wang, John Williams, and many others perform and discuss their lives in a lively presentation from Tanglewood.
- Children's Special for CBS on the Starlight Foundation, an organization that grants the wishes of terminally or chronically ill children. Hosted by Starlight co-founder actress Emma Samms.
- This is a documentary on the career of the great maestro (perhaps intended as a rebuttal to the controversial book "Understanding Toscanini", which was being written at the same time that the documentary first aired. PBS aired it in 1988, a year after the book hit the stores.). The documentary features clips from several of Toscanini's television appearances, as well as from his only film appearance in 1943. It also includes rare color home movie footage of not only Toscanini, but Salzburg in the 1930's during the Salzburg festival, as well as interviews with some of the surviving musicians, singers, and recording technicians who worked with him.
- From childhood injury, to physical disability, and a lifetime battling arthritis, famous classical pianist Byron Janis has fought adversity his whole life. He stands as a lesson to all those who face hurdles in life and can still succeed.
- One hour biography of the life of the famous Metropolitan Opera tenor.
- 4-part series on the life and memorable performances of the master pianist. Filmed in Chile, Boston, Philadelphia, and New York from 1983 to 1987. No other classical artist has been the focus of such a vast and complex video project.
- Commemoration of the New York Stock Exchange's 200th Anniversary. Wide-screen, surround sound presentation for visitor's center.
- The history of the piano with archival photos and film clips of the great pianists of the Golden Age.
- "A delightful documentary about Anderson, in which we get to know the man as well as his music, through interviews with colleagues and family members, as well as footage of Anderson himself and musicians ranging from Arthur Fiedler to Judy Garland... There doesn't seem to be a place for what used to be considered mainstream music any more... and America is the poorer for it. That's why I'm so glad for the release of Once Upon a Sleigh Ride." Leonard Maltin, June 9, 2001
- The film portrays Olga Kern's path to stardom; her fights and personal struggles as a single mother in the deepest labyrinths of classical music's elite world during the first couple of years after winning gold at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
- A Japanese mother and daughter wish to start an art museum with their collection. The location is a nature preserve deep in the Japanese mountains. I.M. Pei is contracted as the architect. The project faces several hurdles: the building must be no taller than forty feet, the roof must be sloped, and so on. The architect, owners, and builders surmount all obstacles. A magnificent and innovative bridge connects visitors to the tunnel by which they enter the museum. After construction is complete, a large percentage of the building is covered with earth, which is then reforested to give the illusion that the site was hardly disturbed. Interviews with I.M. Pei show his awe and gratitude at being involved with such a grand project.
- Live awards show honoring the performing arts.
- Composite of 5 music videos presenting performances of the pianist/composer in pieces by Bach, Chopin, Joplin, Gershwin, and herself.
- Celebration of Carnegie Hall's 100th birthday. Featuring performances and recollections of some of the greatest talents and personalities in music and the arts.
- Children's prime time music special commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty. Hosted by Emmy award-winning composer Joe Raposo and featuring the students of New York's Third Street Music School.
- 7-part series of musical performances of the winners of the Eighth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition held in 1989 in Fort Worth, Texas.
- The Apple Hill Chamber Players Middle East peace tour. Documentary shot in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. How the performance of music bringing together young people from all the countries in the Middle East can contribute to a lasting peace in the region.
- This production looks at the Famous People Players, a theater troupe made up of handicapped young adults.
- Two hour documentary on the famous music competition for young pianists from all over the world.
- 30 minute documentary on the Pro Musicis Foundation which sponsors classical music performances in prisons, hospitals, drug rehab centers, and other places where people cannot get to concert halls.
- Concert program featuring the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 with Claudio Arrau, Riccardo Muti, and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
- Music-video performance of the Armenian composer's powerful composition, featuring award-winning pianist Dora Serviarian-Kuhn.
- Profile of the 25 year old cellist. Features her performances of the Vivaldi cello concertos of her best-selling RCA recording, and other works.
- Spotlighting distinguished pianists, string players, composers and conductors. Offers engaging and informative discussions led by Istomin on the state of the art of music.
- Pulling back the curtain of world-class opera, "Finding Eleazar" is an intimate portrait of renowned tenor NEIL SHICOFF as he prepares for the role of a lifetime. The film offers rare access to studio recordings, rehearsal rooms, and tense late-night creative sessions as Shicoff confronts the complex role of Eléazar in the French opera "La Juive" ("The Jewess"). Written by Fromental Halevy in 1835, the opera is being revived today for the first time since the Nazis banned it in 1936 for its timeless message about intolerance and fanaticism. The role transforms Shicoff as he moves from starring in a music video of the opera's famous "Rachel" aria, directed by film icon SIDNEY LUMET, to a live performance at the Vienna State Opera. Shicoff is forced to face his sown religion, his personal angst, his mortality. He becomes the character and Eleazar becomes Shicoff as he translates his "nervosity" into a message of compassion that reaches far beyond himself.
- Every two years, The Gilmore, an organization that fosters and supports a passion for keyboard music and artistry, showcases lesser-known young pianists, one of whom receives the $300,000 award.
- Sherrill Milnes at Juilliard: An Opera Master Class provides a bird's eye view inside a classroom at Juilliard, one of the world's most revered music schools.
- Can the son of J. Paul Getty, at one time the richest man in the world, be a serious composer?
- By 1939, 30,000 intellectuals and radicals were exiled from Europe, 80% were Jewish. These dramatic events sent many of the greatest minds of the 20th century into exile in the United States The manna of creative intensity that hovered over Berlin in the 20's, - in music, art, theater and film -that glow of aesthetic productivity was extinguished. In some ways, Los Angeles in the 30's and early 40's may be seen as its afterglow...when scores of exiles, fleeing the upsurge of European fascism, briefly transformed Southern California into one of the capitals of world culture, and profoundly altered the horizons of American music, literature, and the arts. What drew them to California? The balmy Mediterranean climate that always had been an attraction for those in cold Northern European climates. Los Angeles offered Hollywood with its tantalizing opportunities for employment. Most importantly, the attraction of so many others who had already settled there offered its own magnetic pull. Many musicians found work in the movie studios. Their influence was not so much in the mass culture of the movie studios, but in the universities, in concerts and the musical sophistication of the city. Thomas Mann wrote, "Exile creates a special form of life, and the various reasons for banishment make little difference - the sharing of a common fate are more fundamental than such nuances of opinion... and people find their way to one another. . All of German literature had settled here," Thomas Mann was in many ways the center for the German intellectuals - albeit not always a popular one - his aloofness and arrogance saw to that: "What is homelessness? My home is in the works that I take with me. They are (German) language and style of thought, the traditional treasures of my country and people. Where I am, there is Germany." Mann wrote Doctor Faustus and Joseph and His Brothers in L.A., became an outspoken public figure, speaking out against the dangers of Fascism, and the reality of what was happening to the Jews of Europe. Despite his initial euphoria about the cultural prospects of Southern California, Max Reinhardt found himself expected to punch a studio timeclock like any factory worker. In 1942 he left dejectedly for New York City. Many of the arriving professionals were forced to downgrade their professions-- musicians becoming chauffeurs, concert pianists becoming piano tuners. A story often repeated by the exiles: "Two dachshunds meet on the palisade in Santa Monica and schmooze about their fortunes. "Here, it's true, I'm a dachshund, but in the old country I was a Saint Bernard!" Brecht arrived, broke, in need of work, and set himself up as the unshaven working man- embarrassed bourgeois intellectuals, who were ripe for his satire, especially the aloof and haughty Thomas Mann, keeper of the great German intellectual flame. Brecht, who lived in Santa Monica, chose to remain a stateless person, an exile in waiting, a passer-by, a man on the run.
- Snugly nestled in the natural amphitheater of the Hollywood Hills, the world famous Hollywood Bowl has been a venue for all styles of the world's greatest music since 1922. The history of one of Southern California's most recognizable cultural icons is told in The Hollywood Bowl: Music Under the Stars, now available to all public television stations through the American Public Television Service. From the end of June to mid-September every year, nearly one million people fill the over 17,000 seat amphitheater to experience world-class performances of symphonic, pop, rock, country, theatrical and world music. The Hollywood Bowl: Music Under the Stars celebrates the 80th anniversary of this truly magical place, which has seen almost every famous crooner and musical performer -- from Aerosmith and Fred Astaire to Trisha Yearwood and Frank Zappa -- tread across its well-hallowed boards. The Hollywood Bowl epitomizes the laid-back lifestyle L.A. is known for the world over.
- Carnegie Hall concert of the legendary Armenian pianist. 2-part all Chopin recital.
- Profile of the child prodigy. Features performance of her Carnegie Hall recital debut in the Fall of 1990.
- Christmas music special co-produced with Italian Television - RAI. Conducted by American Gilbert Levine, presenting the combined orchestras and chorus of the RAI and Krakow, Poland, the Pope's home town.
- Follows the work of the architects from all over world who came together to design the UN Headquarters in New York.