God's Fiddler (Peter Rosen) (2012)

Not since Paganini had there been such a magician on the violin. The first modern violin virtuoso, about whom Itzhak Perlman says in the film, When I spoke with him, I thought, I cant believe it. Im talking with God. A musical wunderkind, he went on to set the standard in violin playing for nearly a century. This film portrays an artist for whom only perfection would do, so well known in popular culture that his name became shorthand for excellence. Heifetz was a legendary but mysterious figure whose story embodies the dual nature of artistic genius: the paradox of how a mortal man lives with immortal gifts- gifts he must honor, but which extract a life long price. Is the man and the artist the same person? What is the price each pays? And who was the man behind the music? (bron: EuroArts) "Verrassend genoeg is deze film het eerste audiovisuele document over Heifetz van enige importantie. De maker destilleerde uit 30 uur film en 2000 foto's deze fascinerende documentaire." (Hans Quant, Luister)

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