From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China photograph

From Mao To Mozart: Isaac Stern In China

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Initial release 1979
Directors Murray Lerner
Box office1. 206 million USD
Initial DVD releaseFebruary 27, 2001
Cast Isaac Stern
David Golub
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About From Mao To Mozart: Isaac Stern In China


In 1979, Ukrainian-American violinist Isaac Stern made an unprecedented tour of China, the first such tour by a Western musician in a country still reeling from the effects of the Cultural Revolution. On hand to document the historic event was filmmaker Murray Lerner, who gathered footage of Stern's encounters with both traditional Chinese musicians and conservatory students versed in Brahms and Mozart -- encounters that, only a few years prior, would have been politically controversial. … MORE

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