THE BREATH OF THE ORCHESTRA

POLISH TITLE: SEKRET ORKIESTRY

The film The breath of the Orchestra, shot during the 9th International Music Festival ‘Chopin and his Europe’ in 2013,represents an attempt to create an intimate portrait of one of the greatest phenomena on the global music scene of the last one hundred years. The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, an international ensemble created in 1981 by the Dutch flautist and conductor Frans Brüggen, rapidly mastered historical-style performance practice. This legendary ensemble can boast hundreds of concerts, dozens of discs and ardent admirers on every continent. In an intimate atmosphere, we learn of the Orchestra’s history and of its encounters with Poland and with the music of Fryderyk Chopin, and we find ourselves—for a moment at least—at the centre of a magical musical world and ethos formed around a special community of people who know how to take delight in what they do and to delight others with its effects, taking pleasure in the wonderful creation of music. And that, perhaps, is the orchestra’s secret…


GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland
RUNNING TIME:
45'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Katarzyna Kasica
SCRIPT:
Katarzyna Kasica, Agata Mierzejewska
DOP:
Małgorzata Szyłak, Sławomir Bergański
EDITOR:
Agnieszka Glińska
PRODUCTION:
Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina

Katarzyna Kasica »

She was studying Philosophy, Culture Studies, Ancient Culture Studies and Film and Theatre Directing at The Polish National Film, Television and Theater School in Lodz. She debuted in 2004 directing the play " Scar" written by Marzena Broda in The Studyjny Theatre in Lodz. She was collaborating with Studio Theatre, Maat Theatre, New Theatre and Stefan Jaracz Theatre in Lodz.  She is a supervisor of directing workshops and she is involved into videoart, fashion, photography and contemporary dance projects collaboration with artists from all around the world. She is working for The Fryderyk Chopin Institute from 2009 as Curator AD for the new permanent exibition of the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in 2010, educator and author of the educational programme " Expieriencing education", director and coordinator of the events, director of the short audiovisal forms.

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