This pays tribute to legendary concert cellist and IU School of Music professor Janos Starker, a Hungarian-born, Jewish musician who grew up near Budapest, survived a Nazi labor camp (a camp in which he lost his two brothers), and then emigrated to the U.S. He toured the world and came to teach at Indiana University, as IU began to cultivate its School of Music program. Over the years, hundreds of the world's top, young cellists received their education through Starker.
The piece features a recording of a Starker 75th birthday celebration from 1999 in which hundreds of top cellists all performed on one stage at the Musical Arts Center in Bloomington to celebrate their revered teacher. Interviews include Starker student and current IU Jacobs School of Music Cello Professor Emilio Colón, along with several archival clips from old documentaries and performances by Starker himself
Producer: Todd Gould
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27 авг 2024
