Past Event

Sat, November 5, 2022 at 8:00 PM

„Sternstunden der Musik - Das West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Ramallah”

Preview of the Documentary and Concert

© ZDF / © Monika Rittershaus
Pierre Boulez Saal

Preview of the documentary

„Sternstunden der Musik - Das West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Ramallah“

in the presence of the director Anne-Kathrin Peitz, violinist Tyme Khleifi, Michael Barenboim, violinist and Dean of the Barenboim-Said Academy and Tabaré Perlas, General Manager of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Concert

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Octet for Strings in E-flat major Op. 20

West-Eastern Divan Ensemble

On August 21, 2005, 80 young musicians gave a memorable concert conducted by Daniel Barenboim: holding diplomatic passports provided by the Spanish government, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, whose members come from Israel, Palestine, and other countries of the Middle East, traveled to Ramallah, Palestine, to perform works by Mozart and Beethoven. Against all political, administrative, and ideological obstacles, this daring undertaking was a rousing success, an event that wrote music history.

 

ZDF and ARTE have produced a new film documentary that receives its premiere at the Pierre Boulez Saal prior to its mid-November TV release. Following the screening, director Anne-Kathrin Peitz and producer Claus Wischmann will talk with orchestra members Michael Barenboim and Tyme Khleifi about the making of the film and their memories of the Ramallah concert. Led by Michael Barenboim, the West-Eastern Divan Ensemble concludes the event with a performance of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Octet for Strings Op. 20.

Artists

EVENT TIMELINE

Bar opens
19:00
Hall opens
19:30
Start
20:00
No intermission
End
22:00
Bar closes
23:00
Times are approximate.

 

This event is by invitation only.

 

 

WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY

30 days online in the ARTE media library starting November 12, 2022

TV premiere on ARTE on Sunday, November 13, 2022, at 5:40 p.m.

watch the documentary online

 

CREDITS

Writer / Director: Anne-Kathrin Peitz

Camera: Ahmad Bargouthi, Michael Boomers, Peter Fackler, Sebastian Hattop, Wissam Jafari, Nimord Keren, Gabriel Streif, Benjamin Wistorf

Sound: Aisar Amjad, Adam Grass, Markus Genge, Leander Goretzky, Thomas Hamann, Issa Josef, Robert Sandow, Chen Wagshall

Producer: Claus Wischmann

Executive Producer: Christopher Janssen

Music: W.A. Mozart, Sinfonia concertante KV 297b, Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphonie Nr. 5

Interviewees: Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Waltz, Yo-Yo Ma, Waltraud Meier, Meirav Kadichevski, Nassib Ahmadieh, Tyme Khleifi...

Produced by: ZDF/ARTE, sounding images, C Major Entertainment, 2022 Germany

Duration: 43min

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