Frank Strobel conducts “Chaplin in Concert”
Chaplin in concert – With a Smile
Filmszenen u.a. aus "Limelight", "The Great Dictator", "City Lights", "Modern Times" mit der Originalmusik von Charles Chaplin, Johannes Brahms, Richard Wagner und Léo Daniderff
Frank Strobel
Conductor
Frank Strobel - Conductor
A conductor whose international reputation is built on repertoire of unusual stylistic diversity, Frank Strobel has long been recognised as a leading figure in the space where film meets music. In particular, he has played a crucial role in bringing film concerts into leading opera houses and concert halls.
The 2024/25 season includes the premiere of Gance’s Napoléon epic in Paris, concerts tributing Ennio Morricone as well as the German premiere of Bram Stoker’s Dracula with music by Wojciech Kilar at the Film Festival Braunschweig.
His most important film projects include Nosferatu (2023), Ivan The Terrible (2016), J’accuse (2014), Metropolis (2010), Nibelungen (2010), Battleship Potemkin (2009), Rosenkavalier (2006), Romeo & Juliet (2006) and Alexander Nevsky (2003). He was a founding member of the Europäische FilmPhilharmonie in 2000, an institution dedicated to the artistic development of music and film in the concert hall. This has given rise to such ambitious projects as Matrix Live at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
He has conducted such orchestras as the London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Filarmonica della Scala, Staatskapelle Dresden, HR-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, as well as Seattle and Sydney Symphony. Frank Strobel held recently the position as Chief Conductor of the WDR Funkhausorchester.
Within his vast discography the series with film suites by Alfred Schnittke, to which Strobel retains the adaptation rights, were received to great critical acclaim. The fifth release of this series received an Opus Klassik Award in 2022.
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Chaplin is clearly much more than a tunesmith and filmmaker: his entire cinematic concept is rooted in a deep understanding of rhythm and emotion. His iconic appearance is perhaps the most poignant symbol of the average man struggling with love, hunger, poverty, fascism and capitalism. The resilience of the Little Tramp, his victories and defeats are choreographed with the precision of a ballet. Nevertheless, CHAPLIN IN CONCERT: WITH A SMILE is neither a historical nor a biographical “concert documentary”. Rather, it is about the wondrous interplay of the many facets of a genius: the actor, the filmmaker, the humanist, the clown, the dancer, the art rebel, the egomaniac, the musician.
The concert will be broadcast live from the Konzerthaus on rbbKultur.
WITH A SMILE – CHAPLIN IN CONCERT
A production of the European FilmPhilharmonic Orchestra – EFPI-GmbH under licence from Roy Export S.A.S. and Bourne Co. Music Publishers.
Music and film selection Fernando Carmena (EFPI)
Reconstruction of the film scores Timothy Brock
Arrangements Stefan Behrisch
Concert with
Eine Produktion der Europäischen FilmPhilharmonie - EFPI
Licensor, together with Bourne Co. Music Publishers
Media partner
