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Gyökerek és ágak - Auer Lipót története - Leopold Auer (1845-1930) DVD Roots and Branches - The Story of Leopold Auer / Directed by Kováts Péter, Bárány László

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Gyökerek és ágak - Auer Lipót története - Leopold Auer (1845-1930) DVD Roots and Branches - The Story of Leopold Auer / Directed by Kováts Péter, Bárány László

UPC 3026300197414

REGION 0 PAL DVD (ALL REGIONS)

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: Hungarian 2.0, English 2.0, Russian 2.0

SUBTITLES: English, Hungarian, Russian

Total Runtime: 65 + 6 minutes extra

 

English Summary:

Leopold von Auer (Hungarian: Auer Lipót; June 7, 1845 – July 15, 1930) was a Hungarian violinist, academic, conductor and composer, best known as an outstanding violin teacher.

Auer was born in Veszprém, Hungary, 7 June 1845. He first studied violin with a local concertmaster. He later wrote that the violin was a "logical instrument" for any (musically inclined) Hungarian boy to take up because it "didn't cost much." Auer later continued his violin studies with Dávid Ridley Kohne, who also came from Veszprém, at the Budapest Conservatory.Kohne was concertmaster of the orchestra of the National Opera. A performance by Auer as soloist in the Mendelssohn violin concerto attracted the interest of some wealthy music lovers, who gave him a scholarship to go to Vienna for further study. He lived at the home of his teacher, Jakob Dont. Auer wrote that it was Dont who taught him the foundation for his violin technique. In Vienna he also attended quartet classes with Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr

 

Hungarian Summary:

Auer Lipót (1845-1930) hegedűművész, karmester és zenepedagógus a világ zenei életének meghatározó alakja. A magyar muzsikusra egyaránt büszke Európa, Oroszország és az Egyesült Államok. A veszprémi fiúból pár évtized alatt a cár udvari szólóhegedűse, nemesi rangra emelt államtanácsos, a Szentpétervári Konzervatórium tanára, az Orosz Zenei Társaság igazgató-karmestere lett. Országok, királyok és szultánok versengtek, hogy hallhassák játékát. Kitüntetésekkel halmozták el a Meiningeni Kereszttől a Francia Becsületrenden át a Szent Vlagyimir érdemrendig. Az oroszországi forradalom után az USA fogadta kitárt karokkal: a világ elsőszámú művészeti iskoláinak, a Juilliard Graduate School of Music (New York) és a Curtis Institute (Philadelphia) tanszékvezetője lett. Még 80 évesen is koncertezett a Carnegie Hall-ban. Büszkék voltak barátságára a kor legnevesebb zeneszerzői, hangszeres művészei: Csajkovszkij, Rubinstein, Sarasate, Rimszkij-Korszakov, Liszt Ferenc. Világhírű muzsikusok sokasága került ki kezei alól: Mischa Elman, Jascha Heifetz, Nathan Milstein és még folytathatnánk a hegedűvirtuózok hosszú sorát. Auer egyaránt volt művész és tanár, keresztény és zsidó, orosz és amerikai. És persze magyar, hiszen vallotta: "minden művész hovatartozását a hazai rög dönti el”.

 

Kováts Péter és Bárány László filmje

 

LEOPOLD AUER (1845-1930) VIOLINIST, CONDUCTOR AND VIOLIN TEACHER WAS A DETERMINING FIGURE IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC. EUROPE, RUSSIA AND THE USA ARE EQUALLY PROUD OF HIM. HE ROSE FROM VESZPREM BOY TO BECOME THE SOLO ' VIOLINIST OF THE TSAR AND A PROFESSOR AT THE ST. PETERSBURG CONSERVATORY. KINGS AND SULTANS COMPETED TO HEAR HIS PLAYING, AND LAVISHED HONOURS UPON HIM. AFTER THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, HE WAS WELCOMED IN THE USA, BECOMING A PROFESSOR AT THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL. THE MOST RENOWNED MUSICIANS WERE PROUD OF HIS FRIENDSHIP: TCHAIKOVSKY, RUBINSTEIN, SARASATE, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, LISZT. VIOLINISTS DESTINED TO BE WORLD FAMOUS STUDIED IN HIS CLASS, E.G. MISCHA ELMAN, JASCHA HEIFETZ, NATHAN MILSTEIN. HE WAS SIMULTANEOUSLY A MUSICIAN AND TEACHER
A CHRISTIAN AND A JEW, A RUSSIAN AND AN AMERICAN. AND, OF COURSE, A HUNGARIAN, AS HE PROFESSED: “IN TERMS OF FEELINGS, HIS HOMELAND DECIDES EACH ARTIST'S ROOTS.”

WE PRESENT HIS LIFE WITH SCENES OF COUNTRIES IN WHICH HE LIVED AND WORKED, OF HIS FAMOUS STRADIVARIUS AND
THE ORIGINAL RECORDING OF HIS LAST CONCERT AT THE CARNEGIE HALL.

ALSO THROUGH INTERVIEWS WITH IVAN FISCHER, VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY, AGNES HELLER, SERGE! STADLER AND DR. ANDRAS BATTA, AND CONCERT RECORDINGS BY THE MENDELSSOHN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (VESZPREM) AND PÉTER KOVÁTS (VIOLIN)

 

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