Munich. The Italian Institute of Culture of Munich, on Thursday 1st March at 18:30 will host the screening of “Abbado in Berlin: The First Year” in collaboration with Forum Italia eV. “Abbado in Berlin: The First Year” is a documentary film produced by Bob Eisenhardt, Susan Froemke, and Peter Gelb, about Claudio Abbado’s first year as the principal conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker. The film is a collection of conversations, interviews, excerpts of rehearsals and concerts, and glimpses of the city in a transitional period. In the foreground, is the story of the young pianist Siiri Schütz from East Berlin invited by Abbado to play with the Berliner at the age of 16. The screening of the documentary will be preceded by the music journalist Corina Kolbe in Italian and German. The screening will then be followed by a discussion with the composer and conductor Konstantia Gourzi, Manuel Kastl (first violinist with the Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg), and with other musicians who have worked with Claudio Abbado. The documentary will be shown in English with subtitles in German. (9Colonne)
