Composer Movies

A story built around the music of Oskar Merikanto, tells the love story of the poor musician Lauri Alanko and the daughter of the rich Grahn family...

Children and childhood fascinated Benjamin Britten throughout his life and inspired some of his greatest music. John Bridcut's compelling film sheds...

The lack of respect with which the Black musician Thelonious Monk was treated in Autumn, 1969. At the end of his European tour, legendary jazz...

Álvaro Norte, a celebrated composer and cellist, invites his talented student Mauro to be his assistant. However, Mauro reveals he has other...

A short film by conservatory students.

Documentary about the life of the great pianist and composer Chopin and the story of the women whose voices inspired his music. It is undeniable that...

Petr and Richard are among those for whom fixed working hours are a nightmare. They want to be masters of their own time and not be subordinate to...

Vienna, Austria, late 1870s. After suffering an irreparable misfortune, the Austrian composer Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-99), the Waltz King, falls in...

A documentary telling the story of composer George Butterworth's life and music from his earliest childhood to his final hours in the violent...

Leonard Bernstein discusses his Boston childhood, his musical growth at Harvard and the Curtis Institute and the influence of great masters like...

An exploration of Edmond Dédé and Basile Barès were 19th-century New Orleans composers of color. Dédé, born free,...

Composer Christian Jessup follows up his 2017 "A New Score" with "A New Score Strikes Back," developing the music of Star Wars using modern...

Imperfect Harmony is a film about musical control, explored through a clash between two maestros: avant-garde rebel and Holland’s best-known...

Libelle, Nix's mother, possessed exceptional abilities. She not only excelled in the fields of science and engineering, but also gained fame as a...

This fascinating musical exploration of Scotland retraces the journey taken in 1829 by acclaimed composer Felix Mendelssohn, which inspired some of...

"mm"s are m(usic(ian's))m(eetings) mostly held at the Who Unit? in Pittsburgh as a 21st century salon of sorts where formal interests can be broached...