Sergiu Celibidache “You Don`t Want Anything, You Just Let It Happen“ (Documentary, 1992)

“Surprising and at the same time illuminating: director Jan-Schmidt-Garre has created a film that exceeds the considerable length of hundred minutes employing just a single theme, the patient observation of conductor Sergiu Celibidache during the creation of, during his work on music. The sensitive conductor, perhaps more hypersensitive than any other artist when it comes to disturbing his work, has let no one else approach him so closely. And: finally, a portrayal of a musician without the family portrait at the end, without hackneyed phrases and foolish, sentimental remarks, without the typical attempt to expose indiscretions“ (Wolfgang Schreiber, journalist at the “Süddeutsche Zeitung“ wrote on July 7th, 1992) Follow us on Facebook: Watch also “Celibidache rehearses Bruckner No. 9“: “You don’t do anything, you just let it evolve“, the film’s subtitle is a citation from the philosopher of music, Celibidache. Schmidt-Garre accompanied and
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