Dokumentary ” Julius Bürger – expelled and rediscovered. A Viennese composer returns”
The documentary “Julius Bürger – expelled and rediscovered. A Viennese composer returns “, provides insight into the life and work of the Jewish Viennese composer Julius Bürger, who had to leave Europe in 1938. He was able to gain international success in the USA, where in 1984, 39 years after its creation, he received the University of Indiana Composition Prize for his “Variations on a Theme by C. Ph. E. Bach”. The film documentation was created in connection with the first performance of Julius Bürger’s orchestral works in Vienna, in August 2023 in the ORF’s large broadcasting hall with the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna – RSO Vienna under the direction of Gottfried Rabl.
A production by Herzog Media on behalf of the Exilarte Center of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
Direction: Stephan Herzog
Camera and Color Design: Beniamin Pieber
Original Sound and Mix: Cristi lorga
Editing Assistance: Petra Kriechenbauer, Caroline Weber
Archive: Katharina Reischl
Translation: Katharina J. Waltl
Special Thanks to: Anna Litvinenko, Matija Meić, Angelika Möser, Ronald Pohl, Gottfried Rabl, Ryan Hugh Ross-Baritone
As well as to our subsidy providers
mdw – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
Nationalfonds der Republik Österreich
Zukunftsfonds der Republik Österreich
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien – RSO Wien
ORF RadioKulturhaus
G. Schirmer / WiseMusicGroup
Eva und Howard Nacht Foundation
