Why competitions christine jezior

From these conversations with the different pianists, a range of political issues arises, for example we learn that Russian players, whatever their accomplishments at the competition, would not be allowed to perform outside the USSR afterwards.

The difference is that jurors go unpunished. The more general question of the need for juries and competitions is also treated to some screen time, and Jeffrey Swann is particularly amused by the fact that he received 25 from one judge, while another gave him 0. The only slightly frustrating part of the film was the otherwise agreeable Kevin Kenner who speaks for a long time in very American-inflected German before finally switching to his more natural mother tongue of English.

I also would have preferred to see more of Martha Argerich, who contributes a single sentence to the discussion, or Krystian Zimerman, who is completely absent from the film. Why Competitions manages to cram a lot of political, social and historical commentary into its 85 minutes and does so with a sense of rhythm and storytelling that is truly breathtaking, and without ever using a voice-over or explanatory text.

Vladimir Ashkenazy Self as Self. Garrick Ohlsson Self as Self. Emanuel Ax Self as Self. Janina Fialkowska Self as Self. Diane Walsh Self as Self. Kazimierz Kord Self as Self. Pavel Gililov Self as Self. Dina Yoffe Self as Self.

Tatiana Malinin-Fedkina Self as Self. Lidia Grychtolowna Self as Self. Leon Fleisher Self as Self. Christian Zacharias Self as Self. Lev Natochenny Self as Self. Andrzej Jasinki Self as Self. Piotr Paleczny Self as Self. Arie Vardi Self as Self. Christine Jezior. Storyline Edit. This documentary film about the most important piano competition in the world was produced on the occasion of Frederic Chopins th birthday.

It lets the participants and jury members have their say, some of who have learned to keep their distance to their experiences, yet most of them are unable to forget and accept the fact they had to suffer injustice even after 60 years. The film focuses on the scandal following the elimination of the Croatian pianist Ivo Pogorelich who did not pass to the final round at the competition in , which caused the world-famous Argentinian pianist Martha Argerich to leave the jury in protest, thanks to which Pogorelich became a star overnight.

The film is divided in several chapters with each of them dealing with another competition year. In it was Pogorelich who took center stage, in the three Soviet competitors who instead of winning the competition only took 2nd, 3rd, and 4th prize were "penalized" by the Soviet Regime and thus prevented from making a career after the competition.

The last chapter deals with the general question whether music competitions can be just and useful. Never before has such a wide range of world-famous musicians and eminent pedagogues spoken on this subject so candidly.

With some ugly truths about corruption and bribery being revealed by these respectable persons, the question remains: Why do these people often chose to remain an integral part of the international competition circuit? Add content advisory. User reviews 1 Review.

Top review. Excellent documentary! Insightful and entertaining! Usually documentaries wear out the viewer's attention easily, but not this one! I found myself laughing for most of the time through out the documentary, because of the brilliant editing and the documentary's creative structure.