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Paul Smaczny (b. 1957)

Born:
January 1, 1957

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Paul Smaczny is a German-based documentary film-maker and a producer of concert and opera recordings. His latest work is the award-winning Knowledge is the Beginning, about the West-Eastern Divan orchestra.

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Director:
1996  Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
2004  Pierre Boulez: Emotion and Analysis
2008  El Sistema
2012  Die Thomaner
2012  John Cage: Journeys in Sound
????  Metanoia

Executive Producer:
1996  Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
2004  Pierre Boulez: Emotion and Analysis
2008  Americans in Pyongyang
2008  El Sistema
2012  Die Thomaner
2012  John Cage: Journeys in Sound
2015  The Lost Paradise
2019  Taking Risks: Barbara Hannigan
????  Metanoia

Producer:
1996  Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
2001  Europakonzert 2001 from Istanbul
2004  Pierre Boulez: Emotion and Analysis
2005  Un Ballo in Maschera
2006  A Night Of Rhythm & Dance (Waldbühne 2000)
2007  Daniel Barenboim: Beethoven - Piano Concertos 1-5
2008  Americans in Pyongyang
2008  El Sistema
2008  Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6
2009  Händel Celebration Concert
2009  Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisande
2012  Die Thomaner
2012  John Cage: Journeys in Sound
2013  Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra
2015  Adam's Passion
2015  The Lost Paradise
2017  Ludwig van Beethoven: Tripelkonzert op.56
2017  Maestras: The Long Journey of Women to the Podium
2018  Dvořák: From the New World
2018  Music and Power
2018  The Unanswered Ives: American Pioneer of Music
2019  Leidenschaft und Pflicht und Liebe - Die drei Leben der Clara Schumann
2019  Taking Risks: Barbara Hannigan
2019  Universe, Incomplete
2020  Beethoven Reloaded
2020  Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
2021  Winterreise
2024  Arnold Schönberg - Der rastlose Visionär
2024  Riccardo Chailly & Alexander Malofeev Lucerne Festival 2024
????  Metanoia

Production Director:
1996  Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
2001  Europakonzert 2001 from Istanbul
2004  Pierre Boulez: Emotion and Analysis
2005  Un Ballo in Maschera
2006  A Night Of Rhythm & Dance (Waldbühne 2000)
2007  Daniel Barenboim: Beethoven - Piano Concertos 1-5
2008  Americans in Pyongyang
2008  El Sistema
2008  Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6
2009  Händel Celebration Concert
2009  Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisande
2012  Die Thomaner
2012  John Cage: Journeys in Sound
2012  Mozart - Berliner Philharmoniker - Radek Baborák - Daniel Barenboim
2013  Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra
2015  Adam's Passion
2015  The Lost Paradise
2017  Ludwig van Beethoven: Tripelkonzert op.56
2017  Maestras: The Long Journey of Women to the Podium
2018  Dvořák: From the New World
2018  Music and Power
2018  The Unanswered Ives: American Pioneer of Music
2019  Leidenschaft und Pflicht und Liebe - Die drei Leben der Clara Schumann
2019  Taking Risks: Barbara Hannigan
2019  Universe, Incomplete
2020  Beethoven Reloaded
2020  Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
2021  Winterreise
2024  Arnold Schönberg - Der rastlose Visionär
2024  Riccardo Chailly & Alexander Malofeev Lucerne Festival 2024
????  Metanoia

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