SIMON! The Joy of Conducting

53m
DocumentaryMusic
8

“As I child, I always had music in my head. I thought everybody did,” the legendary conductor Sir Simon Rattle recalls. His charming and humorous reflections on the unifying magic of conducting are complemented by interviews with well-known contemporaries and accompanied by thrilling concert footage. His music is a joy to all those who listen to it!

Cast

Simon Rattle
Self
Daniel Harding
Self
Karina Canellakis
Self
John Carewe
Self
Peter Sellars
Self
Magdalena Kožená
Self
Thomas Adès
Self
Tsotne Zedginidze
Self

Crew

Benedikt Schulte
Director, Writer
Daniel Assmann
Director of Photography
Moritz Bundschuh
Producer
Peter Rieckhoff
Co-Producer
Sylvia Griss
Co-Producer

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