Zhu Xiao-mei : how Bach defeated Mao / directed by Paul Smaczny ; Accentus Music.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Smaczny, Paul, 1957- film director.

Zhu, Xiao-Mei, instrumentalist.

ACCENTUS Music (Firm), production company.

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Zhu, Xiao-Mei.

Pianists--China--Biography.

Pianists.

China.

Genre:

Biographical films.

Biographies.

Documentary films.

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (58 min., 6 sec.)) : sound, color

Other Title:

How Bach defeated Mao

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Accentus Music, 2016.

Language Note:

In English or French, with optional English, French or German subtitles.

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

Music, and in particular Bach's music, enabled Zhu Xiao-Mei to face the greatest challenge of her life. This film follows her return to China after 35 years of exile, now as a recognized Bach specialist. Under Mao's regime and as part of the Cultural Revolution, she suffered years of indoctrination and so-called "re-education"--Including five years in a labor camp--and was left with a broken family and broken spirits. In 1980 she emigrated and made Paris her new home. 50 years after the Cultural Revolution, the celebrated pianist returns to a transformed China. Music schools are no longer considered a safe haven for counterrevolutionaries; playing an instrument is no longer a mark of Western bourgeoisie. Au contraire. To own a piano has become a desirable status symbol. Nonetheless, the last page of the Cultural Revolution has yet to be turned. Zhu Xiao-Mei fights constantly against forgetfulness, always reminding those around her that Chinese society remains profoundly marked by this dark period in its history

Participant:

Xiao-Mei Zhu, pianist.

Notes:

Vendor-supplied metadata.

OCLC:

1045797341

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.