Gidon Kremer: Portrait of one of the world’s most esteemed violinists
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- Опубліковано 16 сер 2024
- Gidon Kremer - one of the most unusual violinists of our time - has been performing on the world's great stages for many years. He’s won countless awards, released over 100 albums… and is quite a departure from the other violin stars.
Amongst the violinists, Gidon Kremer is the introvert. He has never sought the limelight, the rapid rise to success, or the quick fix. Rather, he appears to grapple each time anew when interpreting well-known works. At the same time, Kremer has a commitment to lesser-known and contemporary composers, cares about younger musicians, and has founded festivals and a string orchestra. In books and interviews he has also expressed himself with political awareness and philosophical depth. As such, Kremer occupies a unique place in the classical music scene. In this interview, Gidon Kremer talks about his music, and his attitude towards the issues that move the world. In the process, the insightful portrait of an artist of great depth gradually emerges.
Gidon Kremer was born in 1947 into a German-Swedish-Russian family, the son of Jewish-born violinist Markus Kremer, in Soviet-era Riga. In 1965 he entered the Moscow Conservatory, where he became a student of David Oistrakh. As a soloist and member of the Leningrad Chamber Orchestra, Kremer became celebrated not only in the Soviet Union but around the world. In 1978 he traveled to the West and stayed there, where he founded the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival in Burgenland, Austria in 1981, and the Kremerata Baltica Orchestra in 1997 - with which he still performs and travels the world.
At a glance:
(00:00) Intro
(01:13) Gidon Kremer's family history, and difficult relationship with his father.
(03:29) Gidon Kremer's desire to pass on his knowledge to young people, and the founding of the Kremerata Baltica
(05:19) Gidon Kremer: Crossing boundaries, seeking extremes, and questioning one's own work
(06:35) Where does Gidon Kremer feel at home? Where does he find peace?
(08:06) Gidon Kremer as a defender of human rights
(09:52) Gidon Kremer and the power of music
(11:14) Gidon Kremer on contemporary composers
(13:03) Gidon Kremer's fascination with Astor Piazzolla
(14:47) Gidon Kremer's critical view of the music industry
(17:12) Why Gidon Kremer the artist is much more than a violinist
Report by Gero Schließ
The video features excerpts from works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gustav Mahler, Dmitri Shostakovich, Valentin Sylvestrov, Alfred Schnittke, Astor Piazzolla and Johann Sebastian Bach.
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Maestro Kremer is a genius. His alive concerts are unforgettable.
A lovely little portrait of one of the greatest violinists of our time. Kremer is always searching, always interesting, never "selling out". Too bad the translations provided are not up to the high standards of Kremer's playing and his words.
His great performance comes from his sincere, humble attitude to life, people, music. That's why I have always loved his play and respected him. He's indisputably the greatest violin player
Thank you for this wonderful musical documentary.
Sehr interessant dieser Dokumentar.. vielen Dank um zu teilen...
wonderful documentary
Thank you for letting us to know such a great artist!
he is a maestro. not commercialized. his music is magical. The best performance I ever had in my life, although others are more popular.
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Wonderful 🌹🌹Great Translation as well💖🎵🎻
Thank you for high art with a humanistic face!
the record of the double concerto of Brahms with Maisky and Berstein is my favorite one..
Thanks, DW for this wonderful documentary 🙏🏽🧡🙏🏽
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Oh Wow
This is ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING
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Bravo and Happy New Year 2022 !
I was just giving any Kremer. His recordings were everywhere in the 90's, now I don't hear about him at all.
best of the 20/21 century
Amazing
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Oh my god i just realized what's the piece that was played in the sochi 2014 olympics to celebrate mark chagall! It was the Schnittke Polka!
Guter Mann!
Sounds like English he's speaking..but no. Latvian, to my ear, has tonalities similar to English. Amazing! From tone point of view.
German
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i wish i could speak german
You can use subtitles in English.
德语无字幕。。。。。。
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Lovely playing, but why wouldn't you just memorize the piece.... its Mozart...
Why would it matter?
@@richardlazar3218 Better to give more attention to connecting with the ensemble rather than reading notes on paper. More intimate music making
Doesn't he have these concerti memorized? I noticed the same with a performance of the Beethoven. Odd.
Translation please!!
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А сколько таких кремеров было уничтожено по всей Европе. Да и сейчас делается всё, чтобы силы моего народа тратились не на развитие и образование, а на сопротивление террору ! (((
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