Sophia Biography of a Violin Concerto

Russianborn composer Sofia Gubaidulina entered the international spotlight at a relatively late age when the 49yearold came forward with her premier violin concerto Offertorium in 1980 Gubaidulina authored that piece for Gideon Kremer Curiously it would be another 12 years before Gubaidulina received a commission from Paul Sacher to author her second violin concerto and another 15 years after that until the notes fell on ears ripe with anticipation For the debut of the Second Violin Concerto Gubaidulina insisted that no one other than German violin virtuoso AnneSophie Mutter perform it That Mutter performance from August 2007 appears in its entirety in this classical concert film Jan SchmidtGarre directs