Bruno Monsaingeon
Yönetmen · d. 1943 · Paris, France
Bruno Monsaingeon (born 5 December 1943) is a French filmmaker, writer, and violinist. He has made a number of documentary films about famous twentieth-century musicians, including Glenn Gould, Sviatoslav Richter, David Oistrakh, Piotr Anderszewski, Yehudi Menuhin, Francesco Libetta, Grigory Sokolov and David Fray. His interviews with Richter and with Nadia Boulanger have also been published as books. Source: Article "Bruno Monsaingeon" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Film7.0DramMüzikA collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
1993 · 50 votes
Film5.9DramAfter a serious accident on a film shoot, Marc, an equestrian, loses all hope to mount back on. His insurance company instructs Florence to handle his case. This film is the story of their meeting.
Film7.0MüzikBelgeselFilmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon visits piano virtuoso Glenn Gould more than ten years after his self-imposed exile from the stage, which results in a mixture of interview and performance.
Glenn Gould: The Alchemist
1974 · 2 votes
FilmBelgeselMüzikIn Part II of the series "Glenn Gould Plays Bach", Gould concentrates on the fugal form in Bach's works, showing us how Bach uses keys like stops on an organ, and how they give him ideas and colours. He performs various fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier and reveals why he feels the "Art of Fugue" is the work that summed up Bach's life.
FilmBelgeselMüzikPart I of the series "Glenn Gould Plays Bach" is devoted to Bach's "Art of Fugue." Gould's performance is followed by a lively repartee with Monsaingeon, in which the pianist provides dazzling insights illustrated by music examples. He explains, for example, why he plays some pieces extremely slowly, and bemoans the "musicological overkill" of scholars who insist that Bach's keyboard music should only be played on a harpsichord.
FilmBelgeselMüzikMeet conductor and cellist Klaus Mäkelä through the eyes of Bruno Monsaingeon. The legendary director discovered the young maestro's genius for the first time in 2021 at a concert by the Orchester de Paris, when he was just 25 years old. Through his traveling and musical collaborations, the director reveals himself as a conductor who is to leave his mark on the 21st century