Paul Smaczny

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.

El Sistema (2008)

El Sistema is a network of childrens and youth orchestras, music centres and workshops in Venezuela, in which more than 250,000 children and young people are currently learning to play an instrument. It was set up over thirty years ago by José Antonio Abreu, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Smaczny  •  Maria Stodtmeier
CAST:  José Antonio Abreu  •  Γκουστάβο Ντουνταμέλ  •  Frank Di Polo  •  Sergio Prado

El Sistema is a network of childrens and youth orchestras, music centres and workshops in Venezuela, in which more than 250,000 children and young people are currently learning to play an instrument. It was set up over thirty years ago by José Antonio Abreu, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Smaczny  •  Maria Stodtmeier
CAST:  José Antonio Abreu  •  Γκουστάβο Ντουνταμέλ  •  Frank Di Polo  •  Sergio Prado

Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music (1996)

Shot over a two-year period observing Abbado: a) Rossini, Overture to 'll Barbiere di Siviglia' b) Schubert, Symphony no. 2 B-Major, D. 125 c) Arnold Schonberg, Kammersinfonie no. 1 E-Major op. 9 (Filmed in Venice, Gran Teatro La Fenice, in February 1995, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Smaczny
CAST:  Claudio Abbado  •  Pierre Boulez  •  Zubin Mehta  •  Daniel Barenboim

Shot over a two-year period observing Abbado: a) Rossini, Overture to 'll Barbiere di Siviglia' b) Schubert, Symphony no. 2 B-Major, D. 125 c) Arnold Schonberg, Kammersinfonie no. 1 E-Major op. 9 (Filmed in Venice, Gran Teatro La Fenice, in February 1995, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Smaczny
CAST:  Claudio Abbado  •  Pierre Boulez  •  Zubin Mehta  •  Daniel Barenboim

Die Thomaner (2012)

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John Cage: Journeys in Sound (2012)

A sonic innovator or an expert on chance? This documentary by Oscar-winning director Allan Miller and Emmy-winner Paul Smaczny pays tribute to the most fascinating American avant-garde composer. Shot in America, Germany and Japan, 'Journeys in Sound' premieres rare ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Smaczny  •  Allan Miller
CAST:  John Cage

A sonic innovator or an expert on chance? This documentary by Oscar-winning director Allan Miller and Emmy-winner Paul Smaczny pays tribute to the most fascinating American avant-garde composer. Shot in America, Germany and Japan, 'Journeys in Sound' premieres rare ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Smaczny  •  Allan Miller
CAST:  John Cage