From Mao to Mozart: Issac Stern in China

The Bowers Museum presents a screening of Academy Award-winning "From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China," a 1980 documentary film about Western culture breaking into China.

The Bowers Museum will present a screening of Academy Award-winning From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China, a 1980 documentary film about Western culture breaking into China, produced and directed by Murray Lerner. The film captures the renowned violinist and music teacher Isaac Stern as the first American musician to collaborate with the China Central Symphony Society (now China National Symphony Orchestra), documenting Mr. Stern's rehearsals and performances of Mozart and Brahms violin concertos with the famous Chinese conductor Li Delun, who also acted as his guide and translator on his trip. The film includes footage of Mr. Stern's visit to the Central Conservatory of Music, where he lectured to Chinese music students on violin playing and the art of musical expression. Among many talented players, young cellist Jian Wang (at the time only ten years old) is featured briefly. Jian Wang has gone on to international stardom.

The screening will take place concurrently with the Bowers’ exhibition Ancient Arts of China: A 5000 Year Legacy.

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