Kinshasa Symphony

Movie
Original title	Kinshasa Symphony
Country of production	Germany
original language	German French Lingála
Publishing year	2010
length	98 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0
Rod
Director	Claus Wischmann Martin Baer
script	Claus Wischmann
production	Sounding Images GmbH West German Broadcasting Broadcasting Berlin-Brandenburg
music	Jan Tilman What a shame
camera	Martin Baer Michael Dreyer
cut	Peter Klum
occupation
Armand Diangienda : himself Joseph Masunda Lutete: himself Albert Nlandu Matubanza: himself Nathalie Bahati: yourself Tresor Wamba: himself Mireille Kinkina: herself Heritier Mayimbi Mbuangi: himself Papy Nkituzeyi: himself Josephine Nsimba: herself

Kinshasa Symphony is a 2010 documentary by the directors Claus Wischmann and Martin Baer , filmed in the Congo and accompanying the Kinshasa Symphony Orchestra during rehearsals to a concert. The film received consistently good reviews.

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The Kinshasa Symphony Orchestra is planning a large open-air concert for the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Independence Day . Most musicians are not professional artists, but rather workers, doctors, craftsmen or traders. Several thousand spectators are expected. Few have any experience with classical music. The program includes Beethoven's Ninth , Carmina Burana , works by Dvořák and Verdi . The orchestra leader Armand Diangienda realizes that the delicate music passages do not sound very convincing yet. And the choir struggles with the sounds and the German language. The film accompanies some members of the orchestra on their way to the concert and shows them during rehearsals as well as in everyday life at work and at home. The film ends with excerpts from the performance.

Awards (selection)

• Festival of German Films 2010: Audience Award
• Jecheon International Music & Film Festival 2010: Grand Prize
• Rhode Island International Film Festival 2010: Grand Prize: Best Cinematography
• CMJ Film Festival 2010: Best Documentary
• Vancouver International Film Festival 2010: Most Popular Non Fiction Film Award
• German Film Award 2011 : nomination for best full-length documentary film
• 11. Image et Vie 2011: Best Documentary
• New York Festival 2011: Gold World Medal
• Bolzano Cinema 2011: Best Documentary and Audience Award
• Festival de Cine Aleman Buenos Aires: Audience Award
• Santa Rosa Int. Film Festival 2011: Award for the best artistic achievement

Web links

• Kinshasa Symphony in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Internet presence for the film

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Certificate of Release for Kinshasa Symphony . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2010 (PDF; test number: 124 198 K).