El violinista de Auschwitz

A Sephardic Jew, born in the Greek city of Thessaloniki, tells of the terrible experience of being a prisoner for two years in the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz and how he was able to save his life thanks to knowing how t

The Violinmaker

A stringed instrument workshop in Gyeongju. Dong-joon is a man who has dedicated his entire life to the violin. He has suffered from hearing loss since the age of one, and without a hearing aid he cannot even hear the so

Great Violinists on The Bell Telephone Hour

Legendary violinists of the 20th century, including performances by Isaac Stern, Zino Francescatti, Michael Rabin, Mischa Elman, Erica Morini, Yehudi Menuhin, David & Igor Oistrakh, and Ruggiero Ricci. Bonus selections b

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The Cleveland Orchestra Violins of Hope Concert

Playing instruments recovered and restored from the Holocaust, the orchestra and director Franz Welser-Most reawakened the spirits of that tragedy's millions of victims in the most eloquent fashion possible, through musi

Look at Life: Village of Violins

A look at Mittenwald in the Bavarian Alps, where violin making has been a traditional craft for 300 years.

Storia di un violino e del suo albero

Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust

Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust, narrated by Academy Award-winner Adrien Brody, is a documentary featuring Israeli violinmaker Amnon Weinstein and his efforts to restore violins recovered from the Holocaust. So

Janko the Musician

A talented violin-playing country boy struggles to get acceptance for his love for music.

Bohemian Rapture

The biographical film about the prematurely deceased violin virtuoso Josef Slavík takes place entirely like a haunting dream, in the mind of a feverish artist who remembers how he amazed Paganini himself with his playing

The Cat and the Fiddle

A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.

Rheingau Musik Festival 2024 - Guido Sant’Anna. Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski Violinkonzert

Gidon Kremer: Back to Bach

The film includes rare archival footage and tells in a very personal way of Gidon Kremer's encounters with Johan Sebastian Bach's music, accompanying the famous violin virtuoso in rehearsals, recording sessions and discu

Small Wonders

A dedicated music teacher in East Harlem instructs a gaggle of underprivileged children in the art of the violin. In the climax, they play Carnegie Hall with some of the world's foremost fiddlers.

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

William K.L. Dickson plays the violin while two men dance. This is the oldest surviving sound film where sound is recorded on the phonograph.

The Quest for Tonewood

Gaspar, a luthier, wants to make a violin from the wood of a tree so rare that it may or may not exist anymore.

The Climax

A violin player is going to be father of a sixth child by his second mistress, Marisa. Quite nervous about that, he does not leave the clinic... except to drive Giulia, his legitimate wife, along with his legitimate kids

Departures

Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for wor

Fiddler on the Roof

In a pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish milkman struggles with the challenges of a changing world as his daughters fall in love and antisemitism grows.

Ladies in Lavender

Andrea, a gifted young Polish violinist from Krakow, is bound for America when he is swept overboard by a storm. When the Widdington sisters discover the handsome stranger on the beach below their house, they nurse him b