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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767032223
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767032225
Label: New Video Group
Manufacturer: New Video Group
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: New Video Group
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 27, 2001
Running Time: 84 minutes
Sales Rank: 18788
Studio: New Video Group
Theatrical Release Date: 1979
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In 1979, as China re-opened its doors to the West, virtuoso Isaac Stern received an unprecedented invitation from its governernment to tour the country. This extraordinary experience became the landmark, Oscar-winning documentary FROM MAO TO MOZART--a be
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Murray Lerner's Oscar-winning film From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China chronicles with affection and intelligence the great violinist's 1979 visit to China. Stern had accepted the government's invitation to attend a rehearsal and give one recital but instead wound up playing a formal concert, touring two cities, and teaching many master classes due to his overwhelming love for music and even more so for the musicians he met, some as young as 10. Communicating his instructions less through the translator than his energetically gleeful gestures and plosive vocalizations, Stern offers a wealth of technical tips, bowing techniques, and motivational nuggets that all boil down to one theme: don't play the music, live it.
Not every moment is joyous; filmed shortly after the final dismantling of the Cultural Revolution, From Mao to Mozart offers a brief but harrowing portrait of Tan Shuzhen, a violinmaker imprisoned for over a year for the crime of crafting Western instruments. But after this remembrance of the past, the movie ends as it should, eyes and ears on the future, as adolescent cellist Wang Jian serenades the appreciative audience. A fascinating postscript, Musical Encounters, follows Stern's return to Beijing two decades later and catches up with Wang, now a successful recording artist, as well as others from the original film. Especially heartening is conductor Li Delun, wheeled onto the stage but still magisterial as he reteams with Stern to once again perform Mozart's Concerto in G; and through the music, two men raised a world apart who have met only twice in their lives are again made the best of friends. --Bruce Reid
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I gifted this one to a friend. She just loved it and watched it again and again. Look like a documentary, but also very inspirational film for violin enthusiast. One of the best things to remember the late Isaac Stern. Recommended to own one.
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Developing the hearts and souls to musical involvement and passion, Isaac Stern meets and plays violin with musicians and gives performances as he tours China. He finds great technical ability, but a lack of understanding. He teaches that there is more to music than just playing the notes, but rather making the notes and lines say something, that words cannot express. As they say in the film, to know the taste of a pear, you must eat it, you cannot study it. So it is with music, you must play ... Read More
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This film is sure to leave you moved and illuminated. Stern's warm, natural persona is an invigorating force, as he encourages young Chinese musicians not just to play musical notes, but to feel them. The lesson is simple: if you feel the joy of the music yourself, you will spread it to all who hear you play. An intimate, revealing glimpse into a first-rate musician and human being, using his special gift to foster unity and understanding.
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I came somewhat late to this DVD. I had seen from Mao To Mozart on television but only recently got a copy of the DVD. It was a very refreshing reconnection with a phenominal musician and teacher. I liked the way he worked with the Chinese musicians - having one violinist sing the music and then played like she sang was, to me, inspired but to Stern probably seemed eminently logical in order to help the musician gain a better understanding of the work in front of her. It is an interesting look ... Read More
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this DVD is excellent for anyone interested in classical music. Issac Stern visits China in the mid 1970's and finds western music is played but not with feeling. He encourages the players he meets and especially the young musicians and finds them very responsive. He revisits 20 years later and hears what happened to music professors during the cultural revolution. He meets again the young players he'd inspired and finds they have successful careers and remember his former visit with gratiude. I wish ... Read More
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