Where is the Remote Control?

To see upcoming performances of Igudesman & Joo visit our website www.igudesmanandjoo.com

Our new title for this show is -
BEING GIDON KREMER: The Rise and Fall of the Classical Musician

Written by: Kremer, Igudesman & Joo

Without music life would be a mistake.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Dear Concertgoer!

Music and humor—both are languages of the emotions. Join us on a journey through our wacky hall of mirrors and see for yourself all the weird and wonderful ways these two languages come together to reflect the Zeitgeist of the new millennium.

We live in an age in which the market economy tyrannizes over art. The quality of an artwork is judged by the quantity of sales. We all squint at the sales-volume statistics, the chart placement and the commercial media presence. The more popular, the better. Everyone wants to be a superstar!

But in consequence, we all too often lose sight of the true meaning of music: the uplifting union of feeling and intellect, the intimate and profoundly emotional expression of the soul.

BEING GIDON KREMER takes a critical and entertaining look at classical music through a magnifying glass. By means of this close-up, we hope to achieve a healthy distance from all forms of commercial dumbing-down.

So lets laugh together about whats laughable, and marvel afresh at musics endless marvels!

We wish you a wonderful musical journey!
We, meaning Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Baltica, Aleksey Igudesman and Richard Hyung-ki Joo.

Music in its most beautiful form is the all-healing language of love.
Richard Wagner

These are among the composers whose masterpieces, or bits of them, you will hear:
Bach, Chaplin, Dvorak, Dunayevski, Haydn, Igudesman, Joo, Kupkovic, Mahler, Mozart, Piazzolla, Prokofiev, Rochberg, Rota, Schnittke, Schostakowitsch, J. Strauss.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Gidon
• Kremer
• Kremerata
• Baltica
• Aleksey
• Igudesman
• Richard
• Hyung-ki
• Joo
• Cinema
• and
• Comedy
• Classical
• Piano
• Violin
• Mozart
• Bond
• Monty
• Python
• Victor
• Borge

[ZeroCaliberSlug]

totally distracted by the hot blonde on the strings.. i'm only human!

[giannine18]

I want to see the rehearsals for their performance LOL

[marklandson]

@Gaussdxdydz Starts with Mendelssohn Violin Concerto.

[Gaussdxdydz]

May I know with what music does the video start, i.e from the beginning till 00:38 please?

[derkplayscello]

@Bobman4671 I think he said Berg

[masiigymnast]

This Is genius! It is so funny! It is great the way they make classical music humorous without ruining it! The sheet music to this must have looked hilarius!

[thekeithchannel]

He kinda looks like a younger Michio Kaku

[Bobman4671]

What the hell was after he put on Vivaldi?

[Asianmaster99]

Absolutely the most amazing performance! musically and comically, the best. Bravo to Joo and Igudesman and the amazing orchestra.

[ChopinFanatic19]

@bluestarviolin Ah, thank you! @WilliamFife, it was Paganini's Violin Concerto #1!

[kevintamls]

What is the piece of the Bach music at 2:03?

[bluestarviolin]

@ChopinFanatic19 Paganini Violin Concerto #1