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The Red Violin (French: Le Violon Rouge) is a 1998 drama film directed by François Girard and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Carlo Cecchi and Sylvia Chang.It spans four centuries and five countries telling the story of a mysterious red-coloured violin and its many owners.
The Red Violin is the original soundtrack album on the Sony Classical label of the 1999 film The Red Violin (original title: Le violon rouge), starring Carlo Cecchi, Sandra Oh and Samuel L. Jackson. The original score and songs were composed by John Corigliano [4] and performed by Philharmonia Orchestra with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting.
Corigliano's fourth film score was for François Girard's The Red Violin (1997) which won him his second Academy Award nomination and the 1999 Oscar for best film score. Portions of the score were used in his violin concerto (2003), written for Joshua Bell, who premiered it on September 19, 2003, with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
Pitcairn performs on the 1720 Red Mendelssohn violin made by Antonio Stradivari, said to have inspired the Academy Award–winning film The Red Violin, and is featured on the 10th Anniversary edition of The Red Violin DVD in a special commentary called “The Auction Block.” [2] [3] Pitcairn was a senior in high school when her grandfather ...
The Red Violin: Chaconne: for violin and piano: also for violin and orchestra Chamber music: 1999: The Red Violin Caprices: for violin: Chamber music: 2000: Utah Fanfare: for brass ensemble and percussion: Chamber music: 2003: Snapshot: Circa 1909: for 2 violins, viola and cello: Chamber music: 2010: Lullaby for Natalie: for violin and piano ...
Voice of the Violin, Sony Classical 1 — 2007 Corigliano The Red Violin, Sony 1 — 2007 The Essential Joshua Bell, Sony BMG Masterworks 19 — 2008 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Sony BMG Masterworks: 1 134 2009 Bruch, Mendelssohn, Mozart Violin Concertos (reissues), Decca 9 — 2009 The Best of Joshua Bell, Sony Masterworks 12 — 2009
In addition, Vähälä gave the Nordic first performance of John Corigliano’s Violin Concerto The Red Violin and commissioned a new violin concerto from composer Jaakko Kuusisto. Both the Corgiliano and Kuusisto concertos were recorded for BIS in 2012 and released in 2013.
In 1998, he wrote and directed The Red Violin, which follows the ownership of a red violin over several centuries. The Red Violin won an Academy Award for Best Original Score, thirteen Genie Awards and nine Jutra Awards.