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Release Date:
April 6, 2010
Original Title:
Pa-saules skaņa
Alternate Titles:
Klänge unter der Sonne
Pasaules skaņa
Zvuky Pod Sluncem
Звуки под солнцем
Genres:
Documentary | Music
Production Companies:
Mistrus Media
Production Countries:
Latvia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 62
Composers are regular people – they drive public transport, do sports, pay their bills. And still – they are very different as they are able to comprehend sound. The documentary film Sounds Under the Sun is an inspiring cinematic journey all over the world to meet some of the world-famous contemporary classical music composers. Visiting Alaskan forests, skyscrapers in Tokyo, and war zone in Georgia, the film gives a glimpse of how the composers share their struggle to create music from the moment of sonic creation till the moment when their music is interpreted for public (the film features composers Sir John Tavener from the UK, Leonid Desyatnikov from Russia, Giya Kancheli from Georgia, Dobrinka Tabakova from Bulgaria, John Luther Adams from the USA, and Ko Matsushita from Japan, and one of the world’s best youth choirs, Kamēr..., from Latvia).
Director:
Dāvis Sīmanis Jr.
Gints Grūbe
Director of Photography:
Andrejs Rudzāts
Editor:
Dāvis Sīmanis Jr.
Andra Lejniece
Music:
John Luther Adams
Leonid Desyatnikov
Gia Kancheli
Ko Matsushita
Producer:
Gints Grūbe
Inese Boka-Grūbe
Sound Director:
Normunds Kļaviņš
Anrijs Krenbergs
Writer:
Dāvis Sīmanis Jr.
Gints Grūbe
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