DRIVEN BY MUSIC: WIM WENDERS AT THE ALTE OPER IN FRANKFURT
For three days, the Alte Oper in Frankfurt brought the role of music in Wim Wenders’ cinematic work into the spotlight. The programme DRIVEN BY MUSIC – which included a lecture-performance by Wim Wenders under the same title, as well as talks, films and concerts – provided an insight into how Wim Wenders creates something new through the fusion of moving images and music.
On day one, the film A TRICK OF THE LIGHT (1996) about three cinema pioneers, the Skladanowsky brothers, delighted a full house with live musical accompaniment by Laurent Petitgand.
Day two was dedicated to the Son Cubano with Wim Wenders’ cinematic tribute BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (1999) which demonstrated once again that passion for music endures through the ages. This was also proven by the subsequent concert by “Sarahbanda – The Young Buena Vistas“.
On the third day, a talk moderated by Eva-Maria Magel with Wim Wenders and Wolfgang Niedecken brought on stage together two old friends, whose lives are equally inspired by music. The screening of THE SOUL OF A MAN (2003), Wim Wenders’ very personal tribute to three of his blues heroes – Skip James, J.B. Lenoir and Blind Willie Johnson – was followed by a closing blues concert with the „Daniel Stelter Trio“.
Thank you, fantastic opera team, for three wonderful days!
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