Eric Schulz

Eric Schulz (* 1979 ) is a German music theater director, filmmaker and opera director .

Career

His debut film Wagner's Meistersinger - Hitler's Siegfried. In the footsteps of Max Lorenz (2008) a. a. with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , René Kollo , and Hilde Zadek received international attention (nominations: FIPA 2009, MIDEM 2010).

This was followed by the documentary Traces into Nowhere - The Conductor Carlos Kleiber (2010), the first cinematic approach to the dazzling personality of the brilliantly talented and notoriously public-shy musician. Close friends and companions of Kleiber such as Plácido Domingo , Michael Gielen , Brigitte Fassbaender and Otto Schenk , as well as Carlos' sister Veronika Kleiber, express themselves in detail for the first time in front of the camera about the conductor, who died in 2004.

The film Karajan - The Second Life (Int .: Karajan - The Second Life ) from 2012 shows the conductor in a new light thanks to numerous previously unpublished documents such as private telephone recordings. a. awarded the Austrian TV Prize Romy and the ECHO Klassik .

The following year the four-part documentary series Wagner: Der Ring (2013) was published, which deals in detail with the linguistic and musical intentions and implications of Richard Wagner with regard to his work The Ring of the Nibelung . Schulz u. a. Christian Thielemann , Stefan Mickisch , Udo Bermbach , Dieter Borchmeyer , Friedrich Dieckmann , Elke Heidenreich and Stephan Mösch have their say In 2014, Richard Strauss' 150th birthday was accompanied by a film homage entitled Richard Strauss - At the end of the rainbow . The documentary deals with the life and work of the composer and contains some unpublished photographs with Richard Strauss at the conductor's desk. Have a say a. Brigitte Fassbaender , Stefan Mickisch , Klaus König , Raymond Holden, Christian Strauss, Walter Werbeck and Emma Moore.

In addition to his work as a director for documentary films, he is increasingly taking on the direction of concert recordings, for example with the pianists Martha Argerich , Daniel Barenboim and András Schiff .

He was also involved in the design of the CD production of the Berlin Philharmonic "Wilhelm Furtwängler - The Radio Recordings 1939-1945".

Awards and nominations

Awards

for Carlos Kleiber - Traces into Nowhere :

• 2011: ECHO Klassik : Category "Music DVD Production of the Year"
• 2011: Gramophone Award
• 2011: Annual German Record Critics' Award
• 2012: International Classical Music Award

for Karajan - The Second Life :

• 2013: Romy : Category "Best TV Documentary Producer"
• 2013: "Best Documentary Filmmaker" category of the German Academy for Television
• 2014: "Best Film for Television" category at the 32nd International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) in Montréal
• 2014: ECHO Klassik : Category "Music DVD Production of the Year"

Nominations

for Wagner's Meistersinger - Hitler's Siegfried: In the footsteps of Max Lorenz :

• 2009: FIPA (Festival International de Programs Audiovisuels): Category "Performing Arts"
• 2010: Midem Classical Award : Category "DVD: Documentaries"

for Karajan - The Second Life :

• 2013: Romy : Category "Best TV Documentary"

Filmography

year	German title	English title	Label	format	running time	annotation
2008	Wagner's Meistersinger - Hitler's Siegfried: In the footsteps of Max Lorenz	Max Lorenz - Wagner's Mastersinger / Hitler's Siegfried	EuroArts	DVD	54 min	A documentation, in collaboration with Claus Wischmann , about the Wagner tenor Max Lorenz
2010	Carlos Kleiber - traces into nowhere	Carlos Kleiber - Traces to Nowhere	Arthaus music	DVD, Blu-ray	72 min	A documentary about the conductor Carlos Kleiber
2012	Karajan - The second life	Karajan - The Second Life	Deutsche Grammophon	DVD	80 min	A portrait of the Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan
2013	Wagner ring	The World of the Ring	Deutsche Grammophon	DVD, Blu-ray	360 min	For Richard Wagner's 200th birthday / four-part documentary
2014	Richard Strauss - At the end of the rainbow	Richard Strauss - At the End of the Rainbow	C Major Entertainment	DVD, Blu-ray	97 min	A tribute to Richard Strauss for his 150th birthday
2016	One two Three! - The Strauss & Sons waltz factory	ONE, TWO, THREE! - The Waltz Factory Strauss & Sons	C Major Entertainment		67 min	Documentation for the anniversary "150 Years of the Blue Danube Waltz"
2017	Echoes of an Era - Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker	Echoing an Era - Simon Rattle & Berliner Philharmoniker	Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings	Blu-ray	67 min	A documentary film about Sir Simon Rattle's era with the Berliner Philharmoniker
2017		András Schiff - Lecture Concert Goldberg Variations	C Major Entertainment		140 min	Concert recording
2018		The Christmas Tree Concert - Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim	Unitel		84 min	Concert recording
2019		Wilhelm Furtwängler - The Radio Recordings 1939-1945	Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings			CD edition
2019	Great moments of music - the wall concert	Magic Moments of Music - The Berlin Wall Concert	C Major Entertainment		52 min	30 years concert by the Berlin Philharmonic to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall
2019	Great moments in music - Anne-Sophie Mutter and Herbert von Karajan	Magic Moments of Music - Anne-Sophie Mutter and Herbert von Karajan	C Major Entertainment		52 min	Documentation about the collaboration between Anne-Sophie Mutters and Herbert von Karajan on Beethoven's violin concerto

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1. ↑ Diploma thesis by Eric Schulz - "Film Prize for Richard Wagner - A contemporary view of his theater" (04/2005)
2. ↑ Article from the University of Music and Theater Hamburg with the title "ECHO Klassik Prize for Music DVD Production of the Year" 10/2011 ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and still Not checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Interview 09/2004
4. ↑ FIPA 2009 nominations and winners from Germany
5. ↑ MIDEM nominations 11/2009
6. ↑ Carlos Kleiber website
7. ^ Eleonore Büning: In the vineyard of music . In: FAZ from December 25, 2012. Online at faz.net.
8. ↑ ROMY 2013 for ServusTV ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Online at ServusTV.com.  
9. ↑ Richard Strauss - At the end of the rainbow. ServusTV ( Memento of the original from October 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ^ The Christmas Tree Concert - Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim. Retrieved August 10, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Sir András Schiff: Lecture Concert Goldberg Variations (Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin), concert recording, 2017 | Crew United. Retrieved August 10, 2019 . 
12. ↑ New: The Furtwängler Edition of the Berlin Philharmonic. Retrieved on August 10, 2019 (German). 
13. ↑ Holger Noltze: "Radio Recordings": Furtwängler's message in a bottle . In: The time . March 27, 2019, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed August 10, 2019]).
14. ^ Furtwängler, les enregistrements radios. Retrieved on August 10, 2019 (fr-fr). 
15. ↑ Berliner Philharmoniker's Furtwängler Edition - on 22 CD / SACD. Retrieved August 10, 2019 . 
16. ↑ Article Award Ceremony of the ECHO Klassik 2011 10/2011 ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
17. ↑ Gramophone
18. ↑ Record review
19. ↑ Arthaus-Musik ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
20. ↑ Interview with Eric Schulz 05/2013
21. ↑ Award 2013 German Academy for Television
22. ↑ Awards for German documentaries at Artfifa Montreal 2014 ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
23. ↑ ECHO Klassik 2014 Music DVD Production of the Year ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
24. ↑ News filmportal.de
25. ↑ News Releases german films ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
26. ↑ Nominations for the Midem Classical Awards 2010
27. ↑ Nomination for the Romy 2013 ( memento of the original from October 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
28. ^ Max Lorenz - Wagner's Mastersinger / Hitler's Siegfried . medici.tv
29. ^ Carlos Kleiber - Traces to Nowhere . Arthaus Musik ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
30. ^ Karajan - The Second Life . Deutsche Grammophon
31. ^ Richard Wagner - The World of the Ring . Deutsche Grammophon
32. ↑ Richard Strauss - At the end of the rainbow . ServusTV ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
33. ^ C Major Entertainment: Richard Strauss - At the end of the rainbow
34. ↑ ONE, TWO, THREE! - The “Waltz Factory” Strauss & Sons | C Major Entertainment. Retrieved August 10, 2019 . 
35. ↑ ONE, TWO, THREE! The waltz factory Strauss & Sons on ServusTV. January 14, 2017, accessed August 10, 2019 . 
36. ↑ Simon Rattle: Echoes of an Era. Retrieved August 10, 2019 . 
37. ↑ Simon Rattle's farewell to Mahler's Sixth. Retrieved on August 10, 2019 (German). 
38. ↑ program ARD de-ARD Play-Out-Center Potsdam, Potsdam Germany: Echoes of an era. Retrieved August 10, 2019 . 
39. ^ András Schiff - Lecture Concert Goldberg Variations | C Major Entertainment. Retrieved August 10, 2019 . 
40. ↑ Sir András Schiff: Lecture Concert Goldberg Variations (Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin), concert recording, 2017 | Crew United. Retrieved August 10, 2019 . 
41. ^ The Christmas Tree Concert - Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim. Retrieved August 10, 2019 . 
42. ↑ New: The Furtwängler Edition of the Berlin Philharmonic. Retrieved on August 10, 2019 (German). 
43. ↑ Holger Noltze: "Radio Recordings": Furtwängler's message in a bottle . In: The time . March 27, 2019, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed August 10, 2019]).
44. ↑ Berliner Philharmoniker's Furtwängler Edition - on 22 CD / SACD. Retrieved August 10, 2019 . 
45. ↑ Magic Moments of Music - Berlin Wall Concert | C Major Entertainment. Retrieved August 10, 2019 . 
46. ↑ Magic Moments of Music - Anne-Sophie Mutter and Herbert von Karajan | C Major Entertainment. Retrieved August 10, 2019 . 

Web links

• Eric Schulz in the Internet Movie Database (English)