Tocar y Luchar (To Play and To Fight)
by Alberto Arvelo
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Director: Alberto ArveloProducer: Igor Lanz
Producer: Nestor L. Lopez-Duran
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: Spanish (Unknown); English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled)
Format: Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Running Time: 70 minutes
Published: 2006
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Explorart Films
Product features:
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, Italian
- Format: NTSC Anamorphic 16:9
- Year: 2006
- Rating: This film has not been rated
- Running Time: 70 minutes
Movie Reviews of Tocar y Luchar (To Play and To Fight)
Movie Review: An unforgettable documentary
Summary: 5 Stars
The Youth Orchestra System links hundreds of orchestras in most of Venezuela's towns and villages. This "Systeme" originated thirty years ago as an effort to bring the magic of music to rural villages. Today it has grown into an exemplary and miraculously transformative social phenomenon. The award-winning documentary To Play and To Fight (Tocar y Luchar) conveys the personal, inspirational stories of world class musicians trained through this program. This moving film features the Berlin Philharmonic's youngest player, Edicson Ruiz, world renowned conductor Gustavo Dudamel, and interviews with many of the world's most celebrated musicians: Claudio Abbado, Placido Domingo, Eduardo Mata, Sir Simon Rattle and Guiseppe Sinopoli. To Play and To Fight is an indelible story of compassionate determination, one without modern parallel, one that might just change your own life by impelling you to the same purpose.
Summary of Tocar y Luchar (To Play and To Fight)
The winner of the audience award at the Miami International Film Festival, To Play and To Fight presents the captivating story of the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra System - an incredible network of hundreds of orchestras formed within most of Venezuelas towns and villages. Once a modest program designed to expose rural children to the wonders of music, the system has become one of the most important and beautiful music phenomena in modern history. To Play and To Fight presents interviews and performances by many of the worlds most renowned musicians including the great tenor Placido Domingo, Claudio Abbado, Sir Simon Rattle, Guiseppe Sinopoli, and Eduardo Mata, as they reflect on the impact of such a far-reaching social project. The documentary also presents the inspirational stories of world class musicians who have been trained by the Venezuelan system, including The Berlin Philharmonics youngest player Edicson Ruiz and world class conductor Gustavo Dudamel.Musicals & Performing Arts DVD Video
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