The Hungarian conductor Iván Fischer shares his love for Ludwig van Beethoven Beethoven. In words and music he explains his passion and tells how Beethoven changed the world. "Beethoven changed something essential in the function of music".
Fischer: “At times Beethoven was an extreme introvert and at other times, he really just wanted to open up and express himself to people. If you come to all the concerts, I think you will go home with the feeling that you know Beethoven personally.”
In 2013 Fischer stayed for some time in Amsterdam because he was working on a Beethoven symphonies cycle together wit het Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
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This video was recorded in Bimhuis Amsterdam for VPRO Vrije Geluiden: music program made by the Dutch public broadcast organization VPRO
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