Music Documentary / 100 min / 1992 A feature length portrait of conductor Sergiu Celibidache, a phenomenon in the world of classical music. Four years in the making, director Jan Schmidt-Garre collaborated closely with the charismatic musical director of the Munich Philharmonic and the result is an exceptional look at.... more

Music Documentary / 100 min / 1992 A feature length portrait of conductor Sergiu Celibidache, a phenomenon in the world of classical music. Four years in the making, director Jan Schmidt-Garre collaborated closely with the charismatic musical director of the Munich Philharmonic and the result is an exceptional look at.... more

Music Documentary / 58 min / 2006 Sergiu Celibidache rehearsed Bruckner's ninth symphony with the Munich Philharmonic for an extended and intense period. Using previously unreleased 16mm footage, the film focuses on the conductor for unusually long sequences, revealing the musical interaction in this tantalizing.... more

Music Documentary Series / 10 x 30 min / 2006-08 A portrait of the Russian pianist Boris Berezovsky. The first episode of the series Legato - The World of the Piano in which the stars of today's piano renaissance are introduced and dealt with in depth. Every episode portrays an artist and shows the point of departure.... more

Art Documentary / 30 min / 2005 A portrait of the Danish artist Olafur Eliasson. The film introduces Eliasson's work and aesthetic theories as it documents one of his largest exhibitions ever, Notion Motion, at the Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam. Directed by Jan Schmidt-Garre Produced by PARS MEDIA Co-Produced by ZDF/3sat Supported by Media+ WWW.PARSMEDIA.COM

Music Documentary / 59 min / 1993 Sergiu Celibidache conducts Anton Bruckner's Mass in F-minor, which Bruckner called "the most difficult of all masses". A documentary from the orchestra's first raw rehearsal to the elaborate concert in the Baroque church of St. Florian where Bruckner once played the organ.... more

Music Documentary / 57 min / 2004 A portrait of Sergei Nakariakov, one of the world's greatest trumpet virtuosos and a former Soviet Union child prodigy. The mature Nakariakov's breathtaking virtuosity is contrasted with footage of the child whose lips are sore from practicing. According to Sergei, he "never was.... more

Music Documentary Series / 13 x 30 min / 1996 The great tenors of the early to mid-twentieth century are introduced and analyzed in a 13-part television series. Each episode has both a biographical and a musical focus. Every tenor's particular art and style is demonstrated in remarkable archive footage which was.... more

Art Conversation / 60 min / 2005 An interview with Danish artist Olafur Eliasson by Adrian Searle, art critic of The Guardian, 60 min Directed by Jan Schmidt-Garre Produced by PARS MEDIA Co-Produced by ZDF/3sat Supported by Media+ WWW.PARSMEDIA.COM

Music Documentary Series / 13 x 30 min / 1996 The great tenors of the early to mid-twentieth century are introduced and analyzed in a 13-part television series. Each episode has both a biographical and a musical focus. Every tenor's particular art and style is demonstrated in remarkable archive footage which was.... more