New Year’s Eve concert with Kirill Petrenko and Diana Damrau and the Berliner Philharmoniker streaming on their Digital Concert Hall.
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Tchaichovsky Competition XVI
Congratulations to the violinists who performed Carmen Fantasie by Franz Waxman at the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, June 2019: Milan Al-Ashhab (Czech Republic, 6th Prize), Lara Boschkor (Germany), Mone Hattori (Japan), Ravil Isllyamov (Russia), Aylen Pritchin (Russia, 4th Prize), Leonid Zheleznyi (Russia).
ASCAP Remembers Waxman
To celebrate Waxman’s 112th birthday, ASCAP reprinted excerpts from their 2006 interview with his son John Waxman, guardian of his father’s catalogue through his company, Themes & Variations and Fidelio Music Publishing Company.
Sound of Cinema – BBC3
Playlist on Youtube
Watch a curated selection of performances of Carmen Fantasie, Tristan & Isolde, and Ride to Dubno on YouTube.
Peyton Place – On Location
A musical tour of Camden, Maine – location site of “Peyton Place”. Watch here.
Family home honored in Opole
In October 2017, the City of Opole in Poland unveiled a plaque to honor Franz Waxman at the home where he lived with his family from 1915 until he left for Dresden to attend music school. The plaque was unveiled by Mayor Arkadiusz Wiśniewski. In conjunction with the unveiling, Silesian television aired a brief documentary on his early life in German/Polish.
The Franz Waxman Collection – Hal Leonard
Cinema’s Exiles – Documentary on PBS
Cinema’s Exiles: From Hitler To Hollywood traces the experiences of the Jews who fled Nazi Germany and took refuge in Hollywood, and examines their impact on both the German and the American cinemas. John Waxman served as producer on this documentary. Click here for more info. Now available on DVD and CD!
Waxman on TCM
Every month TCM airs classic Waxman films. Check here to see this month’s schedule.