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- DirectorAlain CorneauStarsGérard DepardieuJean-Pierre MarielleAnne BrochetThe story of Monsieur de Sainte Colombe, fierce and somber man, grand master of the viola da gamba and professor of Marin Marais, prestigious musician in the court of Louis XIV.
- DirectorLuc DionneStarsPatrick DroletMarc LabrècheMacha GrenonOn the keyboard, the young hands fly rapidly and the melody rises. For the child, nothing is easier; he hears the sounds in his head. These hands belong to 6 years old André Mathieu. He won his audiences and fired up concerts halls in London, New York, Paris and around the world. Adulated, hailed, praised, the child prodigy seemed to have everything to succeed. From the top of his vertiginous successes, to depths of torment, the life of the "Little Canadian Mozart" blends into his music. A romantic and passionate composer wishing for happiness, his story is nevertheless played on tragic notes.
- DirectorJoe WrightStarsJamie FoxxRobert Downey Jr.Catherine KeenerA newspaper journalist discovers a homeless musical genius and tries to improve his situation.
- DirectorAnand TuckerStarsEmily WatsonRachel GriffithsJames FrainThe tragic story of world renowned classic cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.
- DirectorScott HicksStarsGeoffrey RushArmin Mueller-StahlJustin BrainePianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
- DirectorMalcolm ClarkeStarsJeremy NorthamTushka BergenAllan CordunerA story about real life early 20th century British composer and music critic Philip Arnold Heseltine.
- DirectorGérard CorbiauStarsStefano DionisiEnrico Lo VersoElsa ZylbersteinThe story of castrato opera singer Carlo Broschi, who enthralled 18th-century European audiences under his stage name Farinelli.
- DirectorFrançois GirardStarsColm FeoreDerek KeurvorstKatya LadanA collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.
- DirectorCurtis BernhardtStarsGlenn FordEleanor ParkerRoger MooreThis movie chronicles Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success, her battle with polio, and her eventual career comeback.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsKathryn GraysonMerv GriffinJoan WeldonBiopic of opera star Grace Moore, who was killed in a plane crash in 1947.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsMario LanzaAnn BlythDorothy KirstenThis film traces the life of tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921). He loves Musetta, in his home town of Naples, and then Dorothy, the daughter of one of the Metropolitan Opera's patrons. Caruso is unacceptable to both women's fathers: to Musetta's because he sings; to Dorothy's because he is a peasant. To New York patricians, Caruso is short, barrel-chested, loud, emotional, and unrefined. Their appreciation comes slowly. The film depicts Caruso's lament that "the man does not have the voice, the voice has the man": he cannot be places he wants to be, because he must be elsewhere singing, including the day his mother dies. Throughout, Mario Lanza and stars from the Met sing.
- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsMatti PellonpääEvelyne DidiAndré WilmsThree struggling artists try to make passable livings in Paris despite setbacks and tragedies.
- DirectorMatt WolfStarsBob BlankErnie BrooksDavid ByrneDirector Matt Wolf's critically acclaimed documentary examines the life and work of Arthur Russell, an influential singer, songwriter, cello player and disco auteur who died tragically in 1992.
- DirectorStephen WalkerStarsAlex StobbsStephen WalkerAlex is a boy who suffers from a severe form of Cystic fibrosis. He is also a gifted composer and musician. While suffering from the disease he undertakes the tough challenge of conducting Bach's Magnificat at Eton.
- DirectorIrving RapperStarsBette DavisPaul HenreidClaude RainsAfter marrying her long-lost love, a musician finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.
- DirectorFrançois GirardStarsCarlo CecchiJean-Luc BideauChristoph KonczA red-colored violin inspires passion, making its way through three centuries over several owners and countries, eventually ending up at an auction where it may find a new owner.
- DirectorAllan MillerStarsZubin MehtaCarlo AllemanoLando BartoliniIn May of 1997, Zubin Mehta conducts and Zhang Yimou directs Puccini's "Turnadot" in Florence. A year later, they stage nine performances in Beijing. This documentary focuses on the China production: a huge and elaborate set, hundreds of extras, three sets of principles, props and costumes matching the Ming Dynasty. Mehta, with his Indian roots and European training, revels in bringing disparate cultures together. Zhang wants the music to come through and anticipates the demands (and habits) of the Chinese audience. Rehearsals; production work; rain; talks with singers, crew, and local officials -- can it all come together? When the chorus is in full volume, no one sleeps.
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsDeborah PolaskiNatalie DessayJon Villars
- DirectorLarry WeinsteinStarsValery GergievNetherlands Radio PhilharmonicFlora LitvinovaDocumentary on how composer Dmitri Shostakovich used his Fourth to Ninth Symphony as a silent protest against the crimes of Stalin.
- DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsStig HoffmeyerFrits HelmuthVera GebuhrA composer with a straining birth name is caught between his mother fixation and his need to father his own ambitions.
- DirectorJohn La BouchardiereStarsMatthew BrookMark DenhamSamantha E. HuntSix couples meet in a restaurant. Over the course of the meal and the following morning, they break up, leaving six abandoned lovers. Sung throughout to Claudio Monteverdi's compete fourth book of madrigals.
- DirectorCarmine GalloneStarsMártha EggerthSandro PalmieriGualtiero TumiatiYoung composer Vincenzo Bellini is still an unknown music student in Napoli when he finds in a maiden's eyes the inspiration for the aria that would become his most beloved one, "Casta Diva".
- DirectorGeoff LindseyStarsDavid BamberSebastian BrennanMiranda ColchesterAn obsessive classical concertgoer (Steve Furst from the Orange ads and Little Britain) wants to be the first clapper at the end of every symphony and sonata. But when he inflicts the clap incessantly on his pianist idol (David Bamber), the tormented virtuoso decides to fight back - with music.
- DirectorKrzysztof ZanussiStarsMax von SydowLothaire BluteauSarah MilesHenry Kesdi is a silenced classical composer and a survivor of the Holocaust. He is coaxed out from retirement by an inspired musicologist, Stefan, who convinces him to compose a complex symphony on his neglected piano. As a help Kesdi gets his new musical secretary. His loyal wife reluctantly accepts her as his young lover.
- DirectorClaude ZidiStarsGérard DepardieuMaruschka DetmersMichelle GoddetThe manager of a contemporary music composer falls in love with the real estate agent with whom he is looking for a house in Paris. But both have been used to living an independent life: they want to marry but at the same time, are afraid of marriage.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsA composer alone in his music room has a better imagination while asleep than awake.
- DirectorCarmine GalloneStarsRoland AlexandreMyriam BruElisa CeganiThe story of the Ricordi family, the most prestigious music publishers in all of Italy.
- DirectorJørgen LethStarsFrank GlazerKnud W. JensenHerman D. KoppelAn insight into the work by composer and pianist Herman D. Koppel with the American Cantilena Quartet before the first performance of his piano quartet 'opus 114' in 1986. The film is shot at Louisiana, the museum of modern art north of Copenhagen, which serves as a setting literally rich in images. The director and founder of the museum, Knud W. Jensen, talks briefly about Louisiana and what art means to man. Herman D. Koppel also plays a piano piece by Carl Nielsen - conveyed in the film as a study in fingers dancing on the keys.
- DirectorBoleslaw SulikStarsKrzysztof Penderecki
- DirectorPeter RosenStarsDora Serviarian-KuhnMusic-video performance of the Armenian composer's powerful composition, featuring award-winning pianist Dora Serviarian-Kuhn.
- DirectorGreg LalazarianStarsArt AroustamianBoyd BanksCorinne BlanchonBoris is a driven businessman, who has achieved a great deal of success in the time he has been in America. He is forced to, go back to his Russian roots, to keep his fortune in tact. The story takes new twists, when his wife and children start going in new directions. Boris enlists the aid of a former friend from the Ukraine. Nikolai is an intellectual, on welfare, who by his own admission is legally insane. Reluctantly, he collaborates with an ex-porno director. They become partners with Boris on a film project. When the production that seemed destined to fail starts to show promise, Boris encounters new problems that must be resolved.
- DirectorBille AugustStarsSven WollterViveka SeldahlReine BrynolfssonSwedish composer/conductor Martin and concertmaster Barbara fall in love. After their divorces, they're happily married. While composing an opera, Martin is diagnosed with Alzheimer's. It slowly changes him.
- DirectorYves GoulartStarsStela BrandãoSoprano Stela Brandão is one of the most avid promoters of Brazilian classical music. Through her passion for Heitor Villa-Lobos, she brings intimate and poetic reflections on the work of this great Brazilian composer, inspiring us to recognize ourselves in the various Brazils identified in the genius' music.
- DirectorRandall WoodStarsJohn CurroVeronica FuryEugene GilfedderA group of brave and committed musicians take on an 80 year curse in an attempt to stage one of the longest, largest and most technically difficult symphonies ever composed.
- DirectorFrank SchefferStarsClaudio AbbadoRiccardo ChaillyBernard HaitinkDonald Mitchell interviews Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Riccardo Chailly, Bernard Haitink and Simon Rattle, who conduct long passages from various symphonies and a symphonic poem by Gustav Mahler.
- DirectorGeorges GachotStarsMartha ArgerichThe director Georges Gachot has a delightful and stylish gab with the great Argentinean pianist Martha Argerich entwined with wonderful excerpts of her presentations and rehearsals. Along the conversation in French and English, Martha discloses parts of her culturally wealthy life since she was a lonely student in Europe.