Chaplin In Concert: With A Smile

Film Symphonic: movies with a live orchestra!

Sat 15.02.2025 15:00
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Sat 15.02.2025 15:00
Bozar
€ 40 - 10
Film Symphonic

Chaplin is clearly much more than a tunesmith and filmmaker: his entire cinematic concept is rooted in a deep understanding of rhythm and emotion. His iconic appearance is perhaps the most poignant symbol of the average man struggling with love, hunger, poverty, fascism and capitalism. The resilience of the Little Tramp, his victories and defeats are choreographed with the precision of a ballet. Nevertheless, Chaplin In Concert: With A Smile is neither a historical nor a biographical “concert documentary”. Rather, it is about the wondrous interplay of the many facets of a genius: the actor, the filmmaker, the humanist, the clown, the dancer, the art rebel, the egomaniac, the musician.

Read the full concert programme here (FR-NL).

A production by the Europäische FilmPhilharmonie - EFPI, with the permission of Roy Export SAS and Bourne Co. Music Publishers.

Programme

  • music by Charles Chaplin, Johannes Brahms, Richard Wagner, Léo Daniderff and others
  • (with a live screening of excerpts from the films The Immigrant, The Circus, A Dog’s Life, The Gold Rush, Pay Day, The Idle Class, City Lights, Modern Times, The Great Dictator, The Count and The Cure)

Artists

  • Dirk Brossé conductor
  • Timothy Brock and Stefan Behrisch Musical arrangements
  • Fernando Carmena (EFPI) Creative director

Guided concert

Enhance your concert experience with an introduction by conductor Dirk Brossé in the Salon Oval at Bozar! The introduction starts at 2 PM and is free upon presentation of your concert ticket.

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