Movies and TvShows featuring "composer-as-protagonist" theme.

Lydia Tár is an acclaimed composer-conductor and the first openly gay female chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. As she prepares for a live recording of Mahler's 5th Symphony, her relationships, including her marriage, personal assistant, and an affair with a young Russian cellist, become strained. Accusations of abuse and favoritism arise, leading to a lawsuit and a viral scandal. Removed as conductor, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery and redemption, eventually finding a new orchestra in the Philippines.

The year is 1764. For over a year, Josef has been leading a precarious life in Venice. He hopes to become an opera composer. The city, full of talented and already-established composers, seems closed to him. Looking for work as a violinist, he comes into the orbit of a rich young woman. Thanks to her, he gets the opportunity to play at salons. But his real opportunity arises when he becomes the lover of a libertine marquise. She teaches him worldly manners, rids him of signs of a provincial upbringing and introduces him to a hedonistic existence free from religious intolerance. Thus transformed, Josef gets an incan incredible commission: to write an opera for the San Carlo, Europe's largest theatre.

Interlude In Prague is a tragic love story set in 18th century Prague, revolving around a composer and a female opera singer. It explores themes of music, love, betrayal, and tragedy. The plot follows the intense and passionate relationship between the composer and the opera singer, as they navigate the complexities of the opera world and face various challenges that threaten to tear them apart.

The Great Waltz is a musical drama set in Vienna, Austria in the year 1845. It tells the story of a talented musician, Johann Strauss, and his journey to becoming a famous Viennese composer. Along the way, he faces romantic rivalry, self-sacrifice, and the challenges of fame. The movie explores his relationships, including his tumultuous marriage and extramarital affairs. It also highlights the cultural and historical backdrop of Austria during that time period, including the revolution and the imperial palace. With beautiful music, captivating performances, and a compelling plot, The Great Waltz is a must-watch for fans of biographical dramas and music.

Lionel Fribourg, a great composer (at least that's what he thinks) has a problem with his noisy environment: he can't complete his unfinished symphony. Of course there is a market for unfinished symphonies but, for all he knows, only one became famous. So he had better find a way to finish it. At long last, he comes across Agnès, a divorced woman who agrees to let him her quiet home. Lionel, full of hope, resumes work...

Bio-pic about Czech composer Antonin Dvoraák at the height of his career. Dvorák learns that his love and lifelong muse is ill and must return to her side.

V. Silvestrov (2020) is a biographical documentary that delves into the life and music of the renowned Ukrainian composer. Through interviews and archival footage, the film explores Silvestrov's journey as a musician and his contributions to the world of music. It offers a deep insight into the cultural and artistic landscape of Ukraine, particularly Kyiv, and sheds light on Silvestrov's unique style and composition techniques. This documentary is a must-watch for music enthusiasts and anyone interested in the Ukrainian music scene.

Venice Film Festival 1955

A drama about the life of Czech composer Dr Martinu, featuring surrealistic elements and exploring the challenges he faced as a musician.

A docudrama about four weeks in the life of famous Czech composer Antonin Dvorak. The drama - filled with many of Dvorak's compositions - begins when the composer suddenly decides to cut a concert in London and return home. While on the train, flashbacks reveal his relationship to his wife Anna and her sister Josefina. Both women gave him inspiration, yet Dvorak is clearly troubled in some way as musical excerpts come and go in his creative mind.

Through a mosaic of memories, this documentary celebrates music star Vladimír Mišík and highlights one of the great explorations left in his life.

The film tells the exciting life of the great Czech composer Leos Janácek (1854-1928), also known by the thick silver hair that crowned his head and his strong character, which could overcome the adversities of fate.

Leo Brouwer, extraordinary, world famous composer, opens the doors of his space of creation and allows the spectator to explore his quotidian and his work. With a sharp and questioning look, he reflects about life and contemporaneity and shares anxieties that accompanied and inspired him throughout eight decades.

A documentary film about Pulitzer prize-winning composer David Del Tredici and the historical and cultural significance of his music within and outside the gay community. The film investigates the sometimes ineffable processes that are fundamental to music composition, performance, and the communication of meaning through art. Highlighting the nuanced challenges of private sexual identity projected outward into art, the film examines Del Tredici’s personal transformations through the joys and sorrows of gay life, and his goal of communicating sexuality through music that is influential in modern culture. Through performances of Del Tredici's atonal and neo-Romantic music and interviews with world-renowned musicians and scholars, the film explores what sexuality in music represents creatively and what the implications of identifying an art form as gay, as Del Tredici has done, may be.