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The Resource Vladimir Ashkenazy, the vital juices are Russian, Allegro Films ; Christopher Nupen, director, (electronic resource)

Vladimir Ashkenazy, the vital juices are Russian, Allegro Films ; Christopher Nupen, director, (electronic resource)

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On the 8th of June 1968 Vladimir Ashkenazy, with his Icelandic wife Thorunn and their two children, arrived at their new home in Reykjavik in Iceland. It was a crucial moment in their lives. They had left the Soviet Union in 1963, with the help of Nikita Kruschev, and for five years had lived in London. Coming to terms with living in the West and with the pressures of a high level international concert career had proved difficult however and they felt that they needed more space and more time, both for their private and for their professional lives. In his teens Ashkenazy had won several Major prizes including the Second Prize at the Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 1955, the First Prize in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels in 1956 and the joint First Prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1962. He nevertheless felt that he had been inadequately prepared by the Russian educational system. He felt strongly that while he was totally at home with Russian music he was not close enough to the great traditions of the West. As subsequent events have proved, those anxieties say more about his earnestness than about his abilities, but the worries were real enough at the time. It seemed to us an ideal moment to make a film about this Russian-born master pianist who has very particular personal appeal. We sought to discover how he was adaptin to life and music in the Western world, so we went with him to Iceland to film him and his family during their first days there. The title comes from a statement which he makes in the film. After moving to the West, Ashkenazy's career had taken off at an almost alarming rate. It had been boosted, dramatically, by the international success of our film Double Concerto in which he and Daniel Barenboim had appeared together for the first time. That film, after winning both the Prague and Monte Carlo prizes, was shown in 18 countries within 12 months of its first broadcast and attracted, for both artists, an international public that might otherwise have taken them 20 years or more to build. The success, however, further increased the pressures. Films of this kind depend heavily on being in the right place at the right time and we felt that we had begun at an auspicious moment. So we followed our couple from Iceland on a tour of Europe, to continue observing them at a time when they were deeply engaged in a process of dramatic change and reflecting daily on their situation and their problems. The film includes sequences with Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim, Edo de Waart and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. There is music by Beethoven, Chopin, César Franck and Stravinsky. It is also a closely observed account of one of the most demanding and rewarding of all professions. In 1972, after having seen it, Ingmar Bergman said it was the best documentary he had seen about a living musician
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eng
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Vladimir Ashkenazy, the vital juices are Russian
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Vladimir Ashkenazy, the vital juices are Russian
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Allegro Films ; Christopher Nupen, director
Title variation
Vital juices are Russian
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eng
Summary
On the 8th of June 1968 Vladimir Ashkenazy, with his Icelandic wife Thorunn and their two children, arrived at their new home in Reykjavik in Iceland. It was a crucial moment in their lives. They had left the Soviet Union in 1963, with the help of Nikita Kruschev, and for five years had lived in London. Coming to terms with living in the West and with the pressures of a high level international concert career had proved difficult however and they felt that they needed more space and more time, both for their private and for their professional lives. In his teens Ashkenazy had won several Major prizes including the Second Prize at the Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 1955, the First Prize in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels in 1956 and the joint First Prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1962. He nevertheless felt that he had been inadequately prepared by the Russian educational system. He felt strongly that while he was totally at home with Russian music he was not close enough to the great traditions of the West. As subsequent events have proved, those anxieties say more about his earnestness than about his abilities, but the worries were real enough at the time. It seemed to us an ideal moment to make a film about this Russian-born master pianist who has very particular personal appeal. We sought to discover how he was adaptin to life and music in the Western world, so we went with him to Iceland to film him and his family during their first days there. The title comes from a statement which he makes in the film. After moving to the West, Ashkenazy's career had taken off at an almost alarming rate. It had been boosted, dramatically, by the international success of our film Double Concerto in which he and Daniel Barenboim had appeared together for the first time. That film, after winning both the Prague and Monte Carlo prizes, was shown in 18 countries within 12 months of its first broadcast and attracted, for both artists, an international public that might otherwise have taken them 20 years or more to build. The success, however, further increased the pressures. Films of this kind depend heavily on being in the right place at the right time and we felt that we had begun at an auspicious moment. So we followed our couple from Iceland on a tour of Europe, to continue observing them at a time when they were deeply engaged in a process of dramatic change and reflecting daily on their situation and their problems. The film includes sequences with Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim, Edo de Waart and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. There is music by Beethoven, Chopin, César Franck and Stravinsky. It is also a closely observed account of one of the most demanding and rewarding of all professions. In 1972, after having seen it, Ingmar Bergman said it was the best documentary he had seen about a living musician
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videorecording
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Commentary in English
PerformerNote
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano, interviewee
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1937-
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  • Nupen, Christopher
  • Ashkenazy, Vladimir
  • Allegro Films (London, England)
Runtime
52
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  • Ashkenazy, Vladimir
  • Ashkenazy, Vladimir
  • Pianists
  • Pianists
Technique
live action
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Vladimir Ashkenazy, the vital juices are Russian, Allegro Films ; Christopher Nupen, director, (electronic resource)
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multicolored
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stereophonic
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two-dimensional moving image
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  • tdi
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rdacontent
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ocn956369353
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unknown
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1 online resource (1 video file (51 min., 19 sec.))
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online
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unknown
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computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
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other
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sound, color
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unknown
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unknown
Sound
sound
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
Stock number
1507
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  • (Sirsi) o956369353
  • (OCoLC)956369353
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other
Label
Vladimir Ashkenazy, the vital juices are Russian, Allegro Films ; Christopher Nupen, director, (electronic resource)
Link
Publication
Copyright
Antecedent source
unknown
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn956369353
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (1 video file (51 min., 19 sec.))
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Medium for sound
other
Other physical details
sound, color
Quality assurance targets
unknown
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
sound
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
Stock number
1507
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o956369353
  • (OCoLC)956369353
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