Hear, Hear, 2011 is the Liszt Year!
Born in October 1811 -- Franz Liszt Bicentennial is now celebrated the world over.
My film: Liszt's Dance with the Devil had its first screening in New York City, March 24th, at the Hungarian Consulate, followed by an International Conference at Columbia University, entitled Franz Liszt and the Birth of Modern Europe. "Liszt's Dance with the Devil" will be shown in July as part of: "Liszt's Legacies", in Carlton, Ottawa, "The Paris Chopin Festival", MTAC Conference in Oakland, Ca., and Budapest's Bicentennial celebration,"Liszt and the Arts".
What started as a wish to share my Liszt experience as a performing pianist became a road of discoveries with the wonderful participants who came on board. We all hope this year will be a beginning of different listening to, and a deeper understanding of Franz Liszt.
Here are some tributes:
"I consider Ophra Yerushalmi's Liszt documentary mandatory viewing for Lisztians everywhere. Ms. Yerushalmi makes outstanding use of musical examples both familiar and unfamiliar, and includes interviews with several international experts".-- Michael Saffle, Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech
"I find your film remarkable. It is interesting, poetic and really original". -- Maria Eckhardt, Curator of the Liszt Memorial Museum, Budapest
"Beautifully filmed with virtuoso pianists in a way I have rarely seen documentaries capture music on camera". -- Gaylen Ross, Award-winning filmmaker (Killing Kasztner)
"Loved the many wonderful hands at keyboards -- all sizes and shapes, genders, colors, all extremely competent, some real virtuosity from people I had not encountered before. And of course Liszt's hands, in the fabulous Budapest statue". -- Richard Taruskin, Author of the Oxford History of the Western Music
www.ophra-yerushalmi.org
3 comments:
Dear Ophra,
Your family history came to my knowledge by accident.
My name is Moti (Mordehay) Perlmutter and your great granfather was the brother of my grandfather or grand grandfather.
My father used to tell me about his uncle, your grand grandfather.
If you are interested in further details (not includung Liszt :-)
Please contact me: moti-per@013.net or moti@sukeret.co.il
Have a nics day,
Moti
Please send me your personal mail address to continue discussing our mutual family.
Kind regards,
Moti Perlmutter
Would it be possible to get/view a copy of this? I am an academic based in Australia, and a Liszt researcher. An email to david(dot)larkin(at)sydney(dot)edu(dot)au is the best way to reach me. Thanking you in advance. DL
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