Chronicle of a Great Tournament

An emotive film full of music, an account of the major events and the atmosphere of the 14th edition of the Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition. This is at the same time a dynamic and moving tale about meeting and overcoming challenges. The film features young contestants from all over the world and the greatly responsible jurors. A major figure in the movie is the charismatic violin virtuoso, Maestro Maxim Vengerov, the Head of the Jury.

The competition is shown from the moment of pre-selection through to the finale gala. The viewer is offered the chance to “spy on” what happens behind the scenes, to watch the musicians on the stage and – most importantly – to listen to magnificent music...

Production year: 2012
Running time: 81’31”
Executive producer: TV Vimax
Producer: H. Wieniawski Music Society in Poznań

Featuring:
Maxim Vengerov
Andrzej Wituski
Zakhar Bron
Bartosz Bryła
Agnieszka Duczmal
Eduard Grach
Marianne Granvig
Erich Gruenberg
Koichiro Harada
Leonid KerbelPiotr Milewski
Bartłomiej Nizioł
Marek Pijarowski
Yuri Simonov
Vera Tsu
Pavel Vernikov
Michał Bryła
Christian Danowicz
Nikolay Grabovskiy
Miki Kobayashi
Elena Korzhenevich
Celina Kotz
Joanna Kreft
Erzhan Kulibaev
Aleksandra Kuls
Ji-Yoon Lee
Liya Yakupova
Aylen Pritchin
Stanislav Pronin
Stefan Tarara
Fédor Roudine
Lisanne Soeterbroek
Emma Steele
Soyoung Yoon
Arata Yumi
Aysen Ulucan
Marianna Vasilyeva
Maria Włastowska
Maria Włoszczowska

and

Kazimierz Hernes
Wojciech Kaszewski
Aleksander Radzewski
Władysława Stróżyk
Teresa Dorożała-Brodniewicz
Magdalena Drgas
Mateusz Gidaszewski
Alicja Lehwark
Ada Witczyk

“Amadeus” Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra
conducted by Agnieszka Duczmal

Symphony Orchestra of T. Szeligowski
Poznań Philharmonic
conducted by Marek Pijarowski

Written and directed by
Robert Ćwikliński

Cameramen
Mirosław Skrzypczak
Stanisław Marcinkowski

Sound recording
Mikołaj Skrzypczak

Editing
Miron Broda
Music setting
Robert Ćwikliński

Narrated by
Piotr Maciejewski

Translated by
Bogna Błażewicz

Text edition
Bogna Błażewicz
Robert Ćwikliński

Computer animations
Maciej Ćwiek

Computer graphics
Miron Broda

Production manager
Robert Ćwikliński

The film features archival footage of
Telewizja Polska S.A.
and made for
TVP Kultura

Compositions:
Henryk Wieniawski
Polonaise de Concert in D major, Op. 4

Eugene Ysaÿe
Sonata for solo violin, Obsession

Maurice Ravel
Blues from Sonata for violin and piano in G major

Eugene Ysaÿe
Sonata No. 3 for solo violin in D minor, Op. 27, Ballade

Henryk Wieniawski
Fantaisie Brillante sur Gounod’s Faust, Op. 20

Karol Szymanowski
Sonata in D minor, Op. 9

Karol Szymanowski
The Fountain of Arethusa from series Myths, Op. 30

Henryk Wieniawski
Caprice Op. 10, No. 7, La Cadenza

Fritz Kreisler
Scherzo-Caprice for solo violin, Op. 6

Niccolò Paganini
Caprice Op. 1, No. 17

Henryk Wieniawski
Scherzo-Tarantelle in G minor, Op. 16

Wolfgang Amadeusz Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, KV 364/320d, 1st movement

Henryk Wieniawski
Theme Original Varié, Op. 15

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Dmitri Shostakovich
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77

Wolfgang Amadeusz Mozart
Violin Concerto in A major, KV 219, 1st movement

Henryk Wieniawski
Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22

Executive producer:

Chronicle of a Great Tournament

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