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: The final outcome of a delirious and even utopic idea in those Fifties!
Summary: 5 Stars
To understand plainly the status place of Gustavo Dudamel at front of one of the top Orchestras around the world like Los Angeles Philharmonic since 2009, we should date us back to the middle Fifties (1954, to be exact) when Caracas was witness about the historical debut of Wilhelm Furtwangler in March 1954. After that successful event, the idea of inaugurating a Latin American Festival was totally accepted, by then. I really would remark the only Symphonic Orchestra in those ages was the OSV (Orquesta Sinfonica de Venezuela, founded in 1930).
Caracas was an exceptional witness of soloists of the level of Andres Segovia, Agustin Barrios Mangore, Narciso Yepes, Nicanor Zabaleta, Gyorgy Sandor (who visited us for the first time in 1944), Wilhem Kempff (1953, 1964 and 1968) Paul Badura Skoda, Ginette Neveu, Janos Starker., William Kapell (1947 and 1949) , Pablo Casals, Ivry Gitlis, Pierre Fournier, Ruggiero Ricci, Aaron Rosand, Jean Pierre Rampal, Eugene Istomin, Eugene Ormandy, Marta Argerich, Claudio Arrau, Lazar Berman, Horacio Gutierrez and notable orchestras such the Gewandhaus, VPO, Cameratta of Salzburg,Pittsburgh among others.
So that expected project was simply extraordinary. Directors of the artistic height of Celibidache, Horenstein, Adrian Boult, Stanislav Wisloscki, Igor Stravinsky, Penderecki and Villalobos among other important figures of the baton. The main soloists in those ages just included two dozens of brilliant artists such as Alirio Diaz (guitarist) Judith Jaimes, Eva Maria Zuk (pianists) Maurice Hasson, Francisco del Castillo (violinists) .
On the other hand, the presence of Aldemaro Romero (1928-2007) a self didactical musician (creator of the New wave- a rhythm that blended Bossa Nova and jazz) emigrated to New York in the fifties to expand his knowledge; and that factor was determinant, because he founded in 1977 The Caracas Philharmonic Orchestra, and creating small nucleus of musical learning and being the same soloists of that famed the professors of this ambitious project. Even Astor Piazzolla was invited to give master classes
"To play and fight" was the final overcome, the sum of those infinitesimal but dedicated efforts, that day after day, since the early eighties, a countless number of people aimed to shape.
Jose Antonio Abreu was named as titular Director of a bunch of young and humble students who just had a visceral enthusiasm but ignited passion for doing the task today better than yesterday.
But it would be absolutely unfair to forget names of the level of Eric Landerer, Beatriz Klein, Monique Duphil, Florian Ebersberg, among others remarkable teachers who dedicated a good part of their lives to enhance this febrile enthusiasm.
So the Nineties meant a sort of inevitable effervescence through the whole country. Edith Peña (who studied with Susan Star) Gabriela Montero was part of that enormous outburst of energy and Dionysian passion.
But when Sandor Vegh came to Caracas in 1992 , he affirmed he had never seen such effluvium, good vibrations and enraptured devotion for the music in any other place of the world. This statement was the cherry of the cake, a formal acknowledge of a boiling expansion
What you will watch in this epic documental is the final stage of a patient number of silent hours and untiring and disinteresting efforts which at last were absolutely fruitful.
The creation of musical nucleus around every state of the country, was supported by government and private entities, so as exceptional witness of this brilliant result as Venezuelan citizen I may give a rotund testimony about this exceptional and glamorous artistic triumph.
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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 Venezuela's 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 world's 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 Philharmonic's youngest player Edicson Ruiz and world class conductor Gustavo Dudamel.Similar DVD Movies
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