Daniel Hope

Né en 1973 en Afrique du Sud, d’un père écrivain très critique du système d’apartheid, Daniel Hope grandit à Londres suite à l’exil forcé de sa famille. Sa découverte du violon, il la doit à sa mère, secrétaire auprès de Yehudi Menuhin. Il rejoint ensuite le Beaux Arts Trio auprès du pianiste Menahem Pressler avant de se lancer dans une brillante carrière de soliste.

Yehudi Menuhin was the 20th century's greatest violinist. He was a child prodigy but the man behind the violin was harder to know. Endlessly touring and crossing continents and cultures, his contract with EMI was the longest in the history of the music industry. He took classical music out of the concert hall because he believed music was for everyone and had the power to change lives. An impassioned idealist, Yehudi wanted to give more to the world - he became a tireless fighter for humanitarian issues he believed in. In this film, commemorating the 100th year of his birth, family and close friends recall his extraordinary musical life, in which he embraced jazz and Indian ragas as much as Bach, Beethoven and Bartok. And incredible home movies take us on an intimate behind-the-scenes journey from his childhood in California, to meeting gypsies in Romania and travelling to India and beyond.

Depuis le cloître de l’abbaye d’Eberbach, au cœur de l’idyllique région viticole allemande du Rheingau, l'Orchestre de chambre de Zurich donne une résonance nouvelle au monument de la musique baroque que sont les "Quatre saisons" de Vivaldi. À la baguette, le chef d’orchestre Daniel Hope insuffle une légèreté insouciante et virtuose à ce célébrissime hommage à la nature.

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