Christopher Nupen

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Christopher Nupen (* in South Africa ) is a South African film producer and director based in England.

Nupen came to England at the age of 19, where he soon developed into a specialist in documentaries about musicians and composers. After working for the BBC , he founded Allegro Films in 1968 , which became the most important English producer of musical films for television, later also for video and DVD.

Nupen's best-known television production was The Trout with musicians Daniel Barenboim , Itzhak Perlman , Pinchas Zukerman , Jacqueline du Pré and Zubin Mehta . He shot portraits of composers such as Franz Schubert , Georges Bizet , Modest Mussorgski , Peter Tschaikovski , Jean Sibelius , Johannes Brahms and Arnold Schönberg and of interpreters such as Jacqueline du Pré, Andrés Segovia , Wladimir Aschkenasi and Astor Piazzolla . He also documented a concert by the British progressive rock band Gentle Giant (1974) for ZDF .

At the Cannes International Film Festival , three of his films were named DVD of the year in the documentary category: Jacqueline du Pré in Portrait (2005), We Want the Light (2006) and Jacqueline du Pré: A Celebration (2008).

Filmography

  • Segovia at Los Olivos
  • Andrés Segovia: The Song of the Guitar
  • Mozart by Zukerman
  • Vladimir Ashkenazy, Recital No. 1. Beethoven
  • Vladimir Ashkenazy, Recital No. 2. Chopin
  • The ghost
  • Johannes Brahms 1833–1897 (three parts)
  • Rachmaninov's Corelli Variations
  • Who was Jacqueline du Pré?
  • Remembering Jacqueline du Pré
  • Homage to Astor Piazzolla
  • Elegies for the Deaths of Three Spanish Poets
  • Evgeny Kissin at Orange: Bach & Schumann
  • Evgeny Kissin at Orange: Mussorgsky and encores
  • We want the light
  • The Trout
  • Kreutzer Sonata
  • Itzhak Perlman & Pinchas Zukerman: Grand Duo. Parts 1 and 2
  • Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Alice Sommer Herz: Everything is a Present
  • The Gift of Music
  • Evgeny Kissin at the Royal Albert Hall
  • The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow
  • Jacqueline du Pré and the Elgar Cello Concerto
  • Jean Sibelius: The Early Years
  • Jean Sibelius: Maturity and Silence
  • Tchaikovsky's Women
  • Fate
  • The Vital Juices are Russian

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personal data
SURNAME Nupen, Christopher
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African film producer and director in England
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH South Africa