“The Music Critic” with John Malkovich
John Malkovich is “The Music Critic”.
Music by:
Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Ravel, Kancheli, Prokofiev, Schumann & Igudesman.
Texts from notorious music critics through the centuries.
Concept & Idea: Aleksey Igudesman
John Malkovich – Narrator
Julian Rachlin
Janine Jansen
Julia-Maria Kretz
Lawrence Power
Boris Andrianov
Richard Hyung-ki Joo
Aleksey Igudesman
t.b.c.
BOX office: Ksenija Matic, manager
Tel: (+385) 020 448 187
Fax: (+385) 020 358 008
E/M: ksenija@dubrovnikpr.com
Premier on the 10. of September 2010 in the JULIAN RACHLIN & FRIENDS festival, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
From Russia with Love
or The Laughing Violin
Aleksey Igudesman takes us to his homeland and then around the world with his own arrangements and humorous compositions for solo violin, and a stand-up like routine you’d never expect from a violinist.
„I was born in St Petersburg at a very early age. Back then it was actually called Leningrad. And before that Petrograd. And before that Hetrograd, Metrograd, Sexograd and Rome. But that was a long time ago…”
Igudesman takes a close look at the crazy world of classical music, and strips away all pretences to reveal the hidden secrets of music and comedy in their full nakedness. Through his batty sense of humour and his bizarre virtuosity, he brings us closer to what classical music was originally intended for – to entertain and enrich our lives and to lose weight.
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