The first-ever recording on film of Maurice Béjart's Ninth Symphony! Fifty years after its premiere, the Tokyo Ballet and Béjart Ballet Lausanne present Maurice Béjart’s groundbreaking choreography to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in Tokyo's NHK Hall. With nearly 200 artists on one stage, Beethoven’s score was performed by the Ritsuyu-kai Choir, the soloists Kristin Lewis, Mihoko Fujimura, Kei Fukui, and Alexander Vinogradov, and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta.
Released: Dec 08, 2015
Runtime: 1:47:31 minutes
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Stars: Kristin Lewis, Mihoko Fujimura, Kei Fukui, Alexander Vinogradov
Crew: Maurice Béjart (Choreographer), Zubin Mehta (Conductor)