Stephan Graf v. Bothmer: BERLIN. DIE SINFONIE DER GROSSSTADT
StummfilmKonzert
Stephan Graf v. Bothmer: BERLIN. DIE SINFONIE DER GROSSSTADT
StummfilmKonzert
Stephan v. Bothmer interprets Walter Ruttmann's experimental documentary masterpiece about the pulsating energy of Berlin in the 1920s with new film music live on the church organ.
Walter Ruttmann's Berlin. Die Sinfonie der Großstadt is a masterpiece of experimental documentation that captures the vibrant energy of Berlin in the 1920s. The film shows life in the city in an impressively rhythmic interplay of images and music. Ruttmann's visionary technique, with which he depicts the city as a kind of living organism, had a lasting influence on the genre of city documentaries.
Through its innovative use of montage and rhythmic editing techniques, the film succeeds in conveying the feeling of a vibrant, constantly changing metropolis. Berlin. Die Sinfonie der Großstadt is one of the earliest and most powerful homages to urban life and demonstrates film's skill in creating visual poetics and transforming daily life into an artistic representation.
With his spectacular silent film concerts, Stephan Graf v. Bothmer fills theaters and concert halls on five continents. He has performed at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival and the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, as well as in Berlin at the Admiralspalast, the Wintergarten Varieté and the Berlin Cathedral, as well as at the Rock-Pop Festival at Tempelhof Airport after Björk, Blur and the Pet Shop Boys.
Bothmer's compositions are characterized by an irrepressible joy of playing and virtuosity that combines echoes of Chopin, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd and electronic music in a unique way.
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Production by StummfilmKonzerte Berlin
22. Stummfilmfestival
Zwölf-Apostelkirche
An der Apostelkirche 1
10783 Berlin
25.00 EUR - 37.00 EUR
Ticket price: 24.50 euros regular, 12.50 euros reduced (advance booking), 26 euros regular, 14 euros reduced (box office)