Zhu Xiao-mei: how Bach defeated Mao
directed by Paul Smaczny ; Accentus Music.
Beschreibung
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Titel: | Zhu Xiao-mei : how Bach defeated Mao / directed by Paul Smaczny ; Accentus Music. |
Interpreten: | Xiao-Mei Zhu, pianist. |
Medientyp: | Video |
veröffentlicht: |
[Place of publication not identified] :
Accentus Music,
2016.
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Umfang: | 1 online resource (1 video file (58 min., 6 sec.)); sound, color |
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Genre: | Medici.tv |
Besetzung: | Medici.tv Video on Demand Classical Music Catalog |
Zusammenfassung: | Music, and in particular Bach's music, enabled Zhu Xiao-Mei to face the greatest challenge of her life. This film follows her return to China after 35 years of exile, now as a recognized Bach specialist. Under Mao's regime and as part of the Cultural Revolution, she suffered years of indoctrination and so-called "re-education"--Including five years in a labor camp--and was left with a broken family and broken spirits. In 1980 she emigrated and made Paris her new home. 50 years after the Cultural Revolution, the celebrated pianist returns to a transformed China. Music schools are no longer considered a safe haven for counterrevolutionaries; playing an instrument is no longer a mark of Western bourgeoisie. Au contraire. To own a piano has become a desirable status symbol. Nonetheless, the last page of the Cultural Revolution has yet to be turned. Zhu Xiao-Mei fights constantly against forgetfulness, always reminding those around her that Chinese society remains profoundly marked by this dark period in its history |
Spieldauer: | 005806 |
Sprache: | In English or French, with optional English, French or German subtitles. |
Datensammlung: | Medici.TV |