Jan Schmidt-Garre
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Biography
Jan Schmidt-Garre studied philosophy at the Hochschule für Philosophie der Jesuiten in Munich from 1982 to 1986 (M. A. with a semiotic thesis on Wagner's “Ring of the Nibelung”). He also studied feature film direction at Munich's Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film from 1984 to 1988.During this time he worked as a trainee and assistant director for, among others, Rudolf Noelte, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle was a noted French opera director.-Biography:Ponnelle was born in Paris. He studied philosophy, art, and history there and, in 1952, began his career in Germany as a theatre designer for Hans Werner Henze's opera Boulevard Solitude...
, David Esrig, Joachim Herz and Harry Kupfer
Harry Kupfer
Harry Kupfer is a German opera director. He studied theatre in Leipzig and directed his first opera, Antonín Dvořák's Rusalka, in 1958....
(at the Salzburg Festival, the Bayreuth Festival, the Metropolitan Opera in New York and at the Dresden Opera).
He studied conducting and musical theory with Sergiu Celibidache
Sergiu Celibidache
- Biography :Celibidache was born in Roman, Romania, and began his studies in music with the piano, after which he studied music, philosophy and mathematics in Bucharest, Romania and then in Paris...
in Mainz, Munich and Paris.
In 1988 he founded PARS MEDIA, a production company whose films have received international acclaim for its documentary and feature films focusing on music and the arts. PARS MEDIA productions have been awarded numerous prizes worldwide, among them the main prizes at the film festivals in Chicago, Paris, Monte Carlo, Columbus/Ohio, Munich and Prague as well as a nomination for the German Film Award. PARS MEDIA films have been broadcast in over thirty countries, many have been distributed theatrically and appeared on Laser Disc, VHS and DVD. He recently staged Massenet's opera Manon at St. Gallen Opera.
Schmidt-Garre lectures on directing and aesthetics at (among others) the HFF in Munich and the Athanor Academy for Theater and Film in Burghausen. He is married to art dealer Philomene Magers. They have two children and live in Berlin.
Filmography (selected)
- Aida's Brothers & Sisters
Music film, 1999, 90 Min
On DVD with Arthaus Musik
- Belcanto - The Tenors of the 78 Era
Music documentary series, 1996, 390 Min. Prizes at the Columbus International Film Festival and at “Classique en images”
On DVD with Medici Arts
- Bound
Dance film with Saburo Teshigawara, based on a short story by Ilse Aichinger, 2002, 45 Min
On DVD with Arthaus Musik
- Bruckner’s Decision
Feature film, 1995, 80 Min
On DVD with Arthaus Musik
- Celibidache – You Don't Do Anything, You Just Let It Evolve
Documentary film, 1992, 100 Min. Nominated for the German Film Award, won the Silver Medal at the Chicago International Film Festival
On DVD with Arthaus Musik
- Chopin at the Opera
Film Essay, 2010, 60 Min
On DVD with Arthaus Musik
- Furtwängler’s Love
Film Essay, 2004, 70 Min. Awarded at "Golden Prague"
On DVD with Arthaus Musik
- Legato – The World of the Piano
Music documentary and concert series, 2006-08, 720
Min
On DVD with Medici Arts
- Long Shot Close Up - Andreas GurskyAndreas GurskyAndreas Gursky is a German visual artist known for his enormous architecture and landscape color photographs, often employing a high point of view...
Art documentary, 2010, 60 Min
On DVD with Arthaus Musik
- Measure – Color - Light
Art documentary, 1992, 45 Min
- No More Wunderkind – Sergei NakariakovSergei NakariakovSergei Mikhailovich Nakariakov is a Russian virtuoso trumpeter who came to prominence in the late 1990s. He released his first CD recording in 1992 at the age of 15.-Recordings:...
Music Documentary, 2004, 60 Min
- Olafur EliassonOlafur EliassonOlafur Eliasson is a Danish-Icelandic artist known for sculptures and large-scale installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer’s experience. In 1995 he established Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, a laboratory for spatial research...
- Notion Motion
Art documentary, 2005
On DVD with Arthaus Musik
- Opera Fanatic
Opera road movie, 1998, 90 Min. Prizes at the Munich International Documentary Festival and at “Golden Prague” (Czech Crystal)
On DVD with Arthaus Musik
- Sophia – Biography of a Violin Concerto
Music Documentary with Sofia Gubaidulina
Sofia Gubaidulina
Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina, is a Russian composer of half Russian, half Tatar ethnicity.Gubaidulina's music is marked by the use of unusual instrumental combinations...
and Anne-Sophie Mutter
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Anne-Sophie Mutter is a German violinist.- Early life :Mutter was born in Rheinfelden, Germany. She began playing the piano at age five, and shortly afterwards took up the violin, studying with Erna Honigberger, a pupil of Carl Flesch...
, 2008, 60
Min. Nominated for the Prix Italia
On DVD with Arthaus Musik
- This not that - The Artist John BaldessariJohn BaldessariJohn Anthony Baldessari is an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. He lives and works in Santa Monica and Venice, California...
Art Documentary, 2005, 90 Min.
On DVD with Arthaus Musik
Articles & essays
- Bel Canto - an Idea Comes of Age
- Celibidache's Presence of Mind
- Documents and Artefacts
- Interview: My Life in Music