Art, culture & music
Irene Companeez, a voice in exil
Irène is 76. She lives in a place known as Pigeon Bouillante in the Basse-Terre in Guadeloupe. A house lost in the rain forest. She has two dogs, two cats and a television set to keep her company.
On the walls are photographs of her in the greatest roles in opera. A dazzling career. From 1954 to 19...
Pianoscope, portrait of a festival
Documentary dedicated to the “Pianoscope” piano festival in Beauvais, directed by pianist Brigitte ENGERER. Presentation of the festival by Brigitte ENGERER, who details its artistic orientation. Evocation of the master classes organized as part of the festival. Interviews with pianists Jean-Philipp...
ROUGE CIEL
The Japanese Kunizo Matsumoto cannot read nor write, yet he has invented a form of writing that is both beautiful and enigmatic.
The American George Widener, who is capable of memorizing events of the last 1,500 years, can also predict the future, which he inscribes in his “magic squares”, on a pape...
Dust and illusions, a short history of Burning Man
For the last twenty years a totally unique event has taken place in Nevada, in the middle of the vast Black Rock desert, on the site of an ancient dried up lake surrounded by arid mountains: Burning Man. In 2008, it attracted 40,000 visitors. Many were there for the first time, but most of them had ...
PORTRAIT of the Bel Air festival: Renaud Capuçon & Friends
The story of the Bel-Air Chamber Music Festival as told by the festival's artistic director, violinist Renaud Capuçon.
Founded by Renaud Capuçon, the Bel-Air Festival brings together the great names of classical music in a convivial atmosphere every year, while also giving young musicia...
ARTISTIC CONFESSIONS
A series of portraits of artists filmed during the recording of albums. Musical extracts, interviews and sequences shot in the studio…
Gérard Caussé : Bach suites (11’ – 2010)
Renaud Capuçon : Beethoven Korngold (20’ – 2014)
Nathalie Dessay, Ludovic Tezier : Brahms Requiem (20’ ...
Gautier Capuçon : Dvorak concerto (Artistic Confessions)
On the occasion of the recording of a disc, cellist Gautier CAPUCON and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra perform Dvorak's "Concerto for cello and orchestra in B minor", under the direction of Paavo JARVI.Excerpts from the recording are interspersed with images of Gautier CAPUCON preparing his ...
LARGO
The documentary “Largo” proposes to go through Largo Winch's creation, a successful French-Belgian comic strip series.
Through the past 15 years, the main character, Largo Winch, a young billionaire wearing jeans who live amazing adventures, allowed the comic books series to become a best seller : u...
Musical portrait : Jean-Christophe Spinosi and the Matheus Ensemble
Both violinist and conductor, Corsican musician Jean-Christophe SPINOSI has been combining his two passions since 1991, when the Matheus quartet was created. The group quickly opened up to other instruments to venture into the most diverse repertoires and Spinosi then devoted himself full time to th...
Nicholas Angelich Brahms Concerto n°1 (Artistic Confessions)
On the occasion of the recording of a disc, the late and immense pianist Nicolas ANGELICH and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra perform Brahms' "Piano Concerto No. 1", under the direction of Paavo JARVI.The extracts from the recording are interspersed with images of Nicolas ANGELICH in the stud...
