The Promise of Music – Beethovenfest Bonn

Synopsis

The concert given by the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela under its conductor Gustavo Dudamel at the Beethovenfest 2007 in Bonn was a highlight of the musical year. Over 200 young musicians between the ages of 10 and 24, many from underprivileged backgrounds, performed with nearly untamable energy under the baton of a young maestro destined to conduct the most fabled orchestras in the world. The concert program (2 x 45’) includes Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony, Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances, and pieces by Latin American composers Revueltas, Márquez and Ginastera. In the riveting 90-minute documentary ‘The Promise of Music’ (Prog. No. A05016554) directed by Enrique Sánchez Lansch (award-winning ‘Rhythm Is It’), we follow Dudamel as he prepares his orchestra in Caracas for its concert in Bonn, and we accompany the young musicians on their trip to Europe.

Additional Info

• No: A055122390000
• Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonard Bernstein
• Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
• Orchestra: SIMON BOLIVAR YOUTH ORCHESTRA
• Production year: 2007
• Run time: 01:34:00
• Director: Enrique Sánchez-Lansch
• Producers: UNITEL and BFMI in cooperation with Deutsche Welle TV