Detroit Institute of Arts presents “A Centenary Tribute: Menuhin100” with concert and movie Violinist and director Bruno Monsaingeon in from Paris to honor his lifelong friend Menuhin
Updated Aug 23, 2016
August 19, 2016 (Detroit)—Celebrated film director and legendary violinist Bruno Monsaingeon journeys from Paris to the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) to pay tribute to his lifelong friend and mentor Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), considered to be one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century.
On Friday, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. Monsaingeon joins Ukrainian rising-star cellist Aleksey Shadrin and Detroitʼs own pianist Ivan Moshchuk in a special performance of chamber music by Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovskyʼs enigmatic Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, subtitled “In Memory of a Great Artist.” The program is free with museum admission, which is free for residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.
On Saturday, Sept. 10 at 2 p.m., the DIA’s Detroit Film Theatre will screen “Yehudi Menuhin: The Violin of the Century,” directed by Monsaingeon and re-released in 2016 on the occasion of Menuhin’s 100th birthday. This vast retrospective of Menuhinʼs career is widely regarded as the definitive portrait of the artist. This film screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Monsaingeon discussing the life and work of Menuhin. Admission is free.
Menuhin was not only world renowned musician, but also a cosmopolitan peacemaker and true humanist. Monsaingeon describes his work with Menuhin as follows: “He threw himself into it whole-heartedly, with great sense of humor and overwhelming humanity. This film also shows my heartfelt gratitude for a man who gave such decisive sense to my own existence.”
“A Centenary Tribute: Menuhin100” is made possible by the generous support of Ethan and Gretchen Davidson, William Kupsky and Ali Moiin and Lear Corporation. It is part of The Detroit Sessions, a series of collaborations with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Michigan Opera Theatre, Shakespeare in Detroit and ArtLab J, founded by Ivan Moshchuk.
August 19, 2016 (Detroit)—Celebrated film director and legendary violinist Bruno Monsaingeon journeys from Paris to the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) to pay tribute to his lifelong friend and mentor Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), considered to be one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century.
On Friday, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. Monsaingeon joins Ukrainian rising-star cellist Aleksey Shadrin and Detroitʼs own pianist Ivan Moshchuk in a special performance of chamber music by Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovskyʼs enigmatic Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, subtitled “In Memory of a Great Artist.” The program is free with museum admission, which is free for residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.
On Saturday, Sept. 10 at 2 p.m., the DIA’s Detroit Film Theatre will screen “Yehudi Menuhin: The Violin of the Century,” directed by Monsaingeon and re-released in 2016 on the occasion of Menuhin’s 100th birthday. This vast retrospective of Menuhinʼs career is widely regarded as the definitive portrait of the artist. This film screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Monsaingeon discussing the life and work of Menuhin. Admission is free.
Menuhin was not only world renowned musician, but also a cosmopolitan peacemaker and true humanist. Monsaingeon describes his work with Menuhin as follows: “He threw himself into it whole-heartedly, with great sense of humor and overwhelming humanity. This film also shows my heartfelt gratitude for a man who gave such decisive sense to my own existence.”
“A Centenary Tribute: Menuhin100” is made possible by the generous support of Ethan and Gretchen Davidson, William Kupsky and Ali Moiin and Lear Corporation. It is part of The Detroit Sessions, a series of collaborations with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Michigan Opera Theatre, Shakespeare in Detroit and ArtLab J, founded by Ivan Moshchuk.