| IN CINEMAS FROM AUGUST 21st 2014.Sharmill Films and the Friends of Chopin Australia proudly announce screenings of a new film on the life and music of Fryderyk Chopin at the Dendy Cinema, Canberra Centre and Palace Electric Cinema, New Acton. The Friends have been able to secure concession prices to all screenings for its members. When buying your concession ticket please advise the box office that you are a member of the Friends of Chopin Australia. A list of members will be given to Dendy to identify you. Please note: This offer requires you to book either in person or by phone. Online bookings won’t secure your concession.
In Search of Chopin, is the latest in the popular In Search of film series (In Search of Mozart, In Search of Beethoven and In Search of Haydn), and narrated by renowned stage and screen star Juliet Stevenson (Truly Madly Deeply) with David Dawson (Luther) bringing life to the letters of Chopin himself.
Chopin’s grave in Paris remains a place of pilgrimage and his music continues to sell out concert halls worldwide – but who exactly was this man who was terrified of public performance, who fled his Polish homeland for Paris never to return, took up with the most notorious transvestite in France, rarely gave public performances and, despite a life of ill-health, wrote some of the deepest and most powerful music ever written? How exactly did a young Polish boy rise to such heady heights?
For four years, Phil Grabsky has travelled the globe in his quest to lay bare the life and music of Chopin. By talking to acclaimed musical historians such as Jeremy Siepmann and bringing to the screen performances by such esteemed musicians as Leif Ove Andsnes, Lars Vogt, Daniel Barenboim, Janusz Olejniczak, Ronald Brautigam and Kevin Kenner he hopes to answer those questions.
The opening of this film is perfectly timed to coincide with the upcoming Australian International Chopin Piano Competition being held in Canberra from 15-21 September.
Saturday 23 August 1.00 pm – Palace Electric Cinema (Friends discounts; no free tickets)
Sunday 24 August 1.00 pm – Palace Electric Cinema (Friends discounts; no free tickets)
Sunday 24 August 1.00 pm – Dendy Cinema (Friends discounts; free tickets)
Wednesday 27 August 1.00 – Palace Electric Cinema (Friends discounts; no free tickets)
Thursday 28 August 10.00 – Dendy Cinema (Friends discounts; no free tickets)
http://www.palacecinemas.com.au/movies/insearchofchopin/
Phone: 02 6222 4900
http://www.dendy.com.au/Promotion/Dendy-Arts-Mid-Season
Phone: 02 6221 8901
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