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The Concert Man
198227 min 43 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Tony Ianzelo
Production: Dorothy CourtoisAdam Symansky
Maurice Zbriger, violinist, composer and dreamer, brought his music to Montrealers for over half a century. He hired musicians and singers and conducted them in free concerts financed with income from his ownership of Schwartz's, the famous smoked meat restaurant. The Concert Man looks at Zbriger's life, his passion for music, and the people who were a part of his dream.
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Subject categories
- Music > CompositionPortraits
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Cultural DiversityJewish CommunityQuébec
Credits
- director
- Tony Ianzelo
- cinematography
- Tony Ianzelo
- editing
- Tony Ianzelo
- producer
- Dorothy Courtois
- executive producer
- Adam Symansky
- sound editing
- John Knight
- narrator
- Walter Massey