The life behind familiar melodies
Музыка судьбы. Жизнь и кино Исаака Шварца explores the life and work of composer Isaac Schwartz. The series connects music familiar to film audiences with the less familiar story of its creator. Its retrospective approach follows his career through theatre, cinema and the concert work Yellow Stars.
Okko’s description traces a journey from early life in Leningrad through exile in Frunze, now Bishkek, wartime experience, conservatory study and a meeting with Dmitri Shostakovich. The programme treats these circumstances as part of the background to a creative life, rather than separating a catalogue of works from the person who made them.
