Contemporary Classical Music Movies
- 2024
The Serena Variations
The Serena Variations02024HD
A young violin prodigy is manipulated and pushed to her psychological breaking point by the composer she adores.
- 1968
Choreography for a Camera and Dancers
Choreography for a Camera and Dancers01968HD
The first experimental dance film from Croatia, which pays homage to the pioneer of experimental and dance film Maya Deren and her "Study in...
- 2021
The Conductor
The Conductor7.82021HD
Leonard Bernstein’s protégée Marin Alsop reveals how she smashed the glass ceiling to become an internationally renowned...
- 2006
Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams
Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams02006HD
Shot over the course of a year, this intimate portrait of provocative composer John Adams presents scenes of the artist at work and at play against...
- 2015
John Adams conducts John Adams
John Adams conducts John Adams02015HD
Like many of John Adams’ operas, Doctor Atomic is based on recent world historical events—here, the effusive Robert Oppenheimer,...
- 2021
The West is a Land of Infinite Beginnings
The West is a Land of Infinite Beginnings02021HD
Alone in the woods, a young man is pursued by a horrifying specter and by visions of his deceased sisters. A meditation on the precarious uncertainty...
- 2016
Accept
Accept02016HD
- 2017
Tomorrow will be the same
Tomorrow will be the same102017HD
Insatiable lust reigned over senseless flesh. Like august flies, trying to escape certain death, people before the apocalypse started to copulate,...
- 2005
Philip Glass: Looking Glass
Philip Glass: Looking Glass02005HD
This documentary captures the overflowing energy and activity of one today's greatest composers, Philip Glass, and allows us to follow him from New...
- 2014
Einstein on the Beach
Einstein on the Beach8.82014HD
This seminal work of avant-garde opera from composer Philip Glass and director Robert Wilson arrives full-circle, coming to France, the site of its...
- 2013
Soñarse muerto
Soñarse muerto02013HD
José Manuel Ortiz, 32, has had a great interest and sensitivity towards music since he was very young. He grows up listening to the anecdotes...
- 1966
The Opening of the Wells
The Opening of the Wells71966HD
The Opening of the Wells with music by the Czech composer, Bohuslav Martinu was supposed to be part of Laterna Magika II.: Tour programme in 1960....
- 2015
The Lost Paradise
The Lost Paradise02015HD
He is the most performed contemporary composer in the world. And yet he rarely ventures out in public, prefers to keep quiet about his music, feels...
- 1970
Pōneke Classical Sessions
Pōneke Classical Sessions101970HD
Short documentary about a group of young musicians in Pōneke, Wellington who are trying to decolonise the classical music space.
- 2012
No Ideas But in Things - the composer Alvin Lucier
No Ideas But in Things - the composer Alvin Lucier02012HD
“Don’t ask me what I mean, ask me what I’ve made” – inspired by this motto, the documentary accompanies the American...
- 2002
Reich: Three Tales
Reich: Three Tales02002HD
- 1990
The Fire and the Rose
The Fire and the Rose101990HD
A documentary on the life and work of the composer Sofia Gubaidulina.
- 2008
The Muppets: Classical Chicken
The Muppets: Classical Chicken102008HD
- 2014
Line by Line - a film on the composer Ernstalbrecht Stiebler
Line by Line - a film on the composer Ernstalbrecht Stiebler02014HD
A cello piece A punt ride Thoughts about music and composition The eight lines of Ernstalbrecht Stiebler’s cello piece Sequenz 2 alternating...
- 2010
Knots and Fields
Knots and Fields02010HD
Knots and Fields examines the aesthetic debates and tensions that have animated the Darmstadt courses over six decades, exploring their relevance...