Film Festival 09 - Trip To Asia
Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony
Trip to Asia: die suche nach dem einklang, Germany 2008, 108m
Director: Thomas Grube
Festivals: Berlin, Vancouver 2008
A must for any classical music fan, this film proves the principle
that you never really know your colleagues until you travel with
them. The colleagues here make up one of the great institutions of
Western music, the Berlin Philharmonic, seen with their charismatic
conductor Sir Simon Rattle during a breakneck concert tour of Asia.
Thomas Grube (Rhythm is It!) has been granted amazingly intimate
access to a famously closed and self-governing society of elite
musicians. With the tour serving as a probation period for several
young players seeking membership of the orchestra, the Quest for
Harmony is fraught with serious pressure. On an exhausting journey
far from home, caught up in a potent double-bind of duty and
passion, their commitment is stretched to the limit. Expect
thrilling performances of Thomas Adès' "Asyla," Beethoven's
"Eroica" and Richard Strauss' "Ein Heldenleben". - BG. "Asia is
almost incidental& the film's talking heads would be just
as fascinating if the tour took place at the North Pole." - Russell
Edwards, Variety
In Mandarin, German and English, with English subtitles
www.triptoasia.de
