The Art of Violin

A 2000 Arts Documentary Film written and directed by Bruno Monsaigeon.

Drawing on archival performance footage and interviews, The Art of Violin evokes the vast panorama of the world of the violin in the 20th century and its most outstanding performers. The film dramatically explores the heights to which the art of violin playing has been taken over the 20th century. Acclaimed director Bruno Monsaigeon brings his exciting visual sense to this program, which uses advanced video technology to restore rare film clips of some of the century's great violin players, including David Oistrakh and Fritz Kreisler.

Features archival performance footage and interviews, this film profiles the world of the violin in the 20th century and its great masters: Yehudi Menuhin, David Oistrakh, Isaac Stern, Fritz Kreisler, Nathan Milstein, Arthur Grumiaux, Jasha Heifetz ; Mischa Elman, Alexander Markov, Ivry Gitlis, Joseph Szigeti, Zino Francescatti, Ruggiero Ricci ; Boris Goldstein, Michael Rabin, Joseph Hassid, Eugene Ysaye, Laurent Korcia, George Enescu, Ginette Neveu, Jacques Thibaud, Ida Haendel, Leonid Kogan and Henryk Szerying.

Commentary is provided by: Hilary Hahn, Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman, Ivry Gitlis, Ida Haendel, Laurent Korcia, Mstislav Rostropovich.