Międzynarodowy Konkurs Lutniczy im. Henryka Wieniawskiego

Multimedia > The Violin: Idiosyncrasies of a Perfect Creation - trailer of a documentary (2011)

The star of the film is the violin... and its maker, Tadeusz Słodyczka. Many talented players, some of them already well-established violinists, play instruments he has created. Although holder of numerous prestigious awards and distinctions at violinmaking events in Poland and abroad, like many violinmakers, he strives for his own variety of violin perfection; today "it is only fair to say that if there exist Stradivarius, there also exist Tadeusz Słodyczka's violins". They have their own sound, own character, own secret. Violinmaking is a very peculiar field of art. Instruments made by an artist have this Extra Something... something that musicians feel and understand, and we, ordinary men, sometimes discover when we look at, or listen to violins at concerts. Furthermore, the violin has something more intrinsically individual, for there are instruments that have attained a perfection of sound, that are unique, and no other instrument can be made to sound or look like them; instruments that in the hands of a violinist respond with beautiful music right here, right now. Thus, there exists the "Stradivarius", the model of violin perfection, and for centuries violinmakers have been trying to emulate its idiosyncrasies. Filmed at Museum of Musical Instruments, branch of National Museum in Poznań, as well as in violinmaking workshops of Tadeusz Słodyczka, Benedykt Niewczyk, and I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music during 12th International H. Wieniawski Violinmaking Competition in Poznań The film features fragments of recordings made during 12th International H. Wieniawski Violinmaking Competition and fragments of Henryk Wieniawski' compositions from the collection and publications of H. Wieniawski Musical Society in Poznań The film features: Andrzej Wituski - Director of International H. Wieniawski Competitions in Poznan, prof. Andrzej Łapa - Vice-Rector of the Music Academy. I.J. Paderewski in Poznan, Tadeusz Slodyczka -- a violinmaker, Benedykt Niewczyk -- a violinmaker, member of the jury of XII International H. Wieniawski Violinmaking Competition - Roger Hargrave - chairman of the jury, and prof. Roman Lasocki, Patrick Robin, Wojciech Łukasz, Jan Špidlen, Joseph Grubaugh Written and Directed by: Janusz Sidor Producer: Alina Mackiewicz www.sidma.pl

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