Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony
2008•1h 48m•8.5•Released
Documentary
Journey with the musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic and their conductor Sir Simon Rattle on a breakneck concert tour of six metropolises across Asia: Beijing, Seoul, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei and Tokyo. Their artistic triumph onstage belies a dynamic and dramatic life backstage. The orchestra is a closed society that observes its own laws and traditions, and in the words of one of its musicians is, “an island, a democratic microcosm – almost without precedent in the music world - whose social structure and cohesion is not only founded on a common love for music but also informed by competition, compulsion and the pressure to perform to a high pitch of excellence... .” Never before has the Berlin Philharmonic allowed such intimate and exclusive access into its private world.
Director
Thomas Grube
Writer
Thomas Grube
Languages
German, English, Spanish
Studio
ZDF
Cast
Simon Rattle
Himself
Production
Company
ZDF
Company
BoomtownMedia
Company
BBC
Producer
Thomas Grube
Producer
Andrea Thilo
Producer
Alan Yentob
Producer
Anca Monica Pandelca
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