Two or three young aspiring musicians. Dont do it a little Bit. If you do it, do it with conviction. Yes. Again. Preparing them for auditions to become a member in our orchestra. The one thing that sets us apart from others, i think, is our history. The sound of the Vienna Philharmonic is special because of all our great composers who shaped our sounds. We had members who played in the first performance of beethovens ninth symphony conducted by beethoven. So these people brought the knowledge how beethoven wanted his music to be played into our orchestras. Now this happens from beethoven now this happens from beethoven to brahms, bruckner, to brahms, bruckner, mahler, richard strauss, mahler, richard strauss, our collective memory. John williams. John williams. And i think that shaped and i think that shaped our collective memory. Today we have three of our academists here to get a masterclass. Two violinists, one flute player. Our academy is a Training Programme for young musicians to
Now on Bbc News arts in motion Vienna Philharmonic. Classical music plays austria is known for classical music, from Haydn And Mozart until schoenberg. This is our heritage and this is also our duty to perform in the very best way that we can do. We are members of the Vienna Philharmonic, special orchestra, a group of unique musicians making music together since 183 years. Today we will be hosting a Masterclass Given by our member. You need to have more emotion. Two or three young aspiring musicians. Dont do it a little Bit. If you do it, do it with conviction. Yes. L again. Preparing them for auditions to become a member in our orchestra. The one thing that sets us apart from others, i think, is our history. The sound of the Vienna Philharmonic is special because of all our great composers who shaped our sounds. We had members who played in the first performance of beethovens ninth symphony conducted by beethoven. So these people brought the knowledge how beethoven wanted his music to
Cultural life, the radio four podcast, she reveals her formative influences and experiences, and how her passion for playing was there from the start. I knew very young there was no question i wanted to play the violin. There was no question that that was what i must do and had to do and wanted to do. Have you played here much, nicky . They chuckle nicola benedetti, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you so much for having me. Its an absolute pleasure. You were born and brought up in north ayrshire. What are your earliest musical memories at home . What memories do you have of music being played at home . The bee gees and abba. Later on, good dose of shania twain. That was all my dads taste. My mum definitely had a kenny g record. Um. She laughs saxophone . Theyll kill me for saying all of this quite like this, but its the truth both of your parents were born in italy, werent they . Yes. Was it an italian household culturally growing up . Its a good question. I would say both parents
But its the truth both of your parents were born in italy, werent they . Yes. Was it an italian household culturally growing up . Its a good question. I would say both parents assimilated very concretely and quite deliberately with scottishness and scottish culture, but they also came over very young. My mum was three years old. An italian speaking three year old with an italian mother and scottish father. Um. Came over to scotland and, er. Was sort of banned from speaking italian quite quickly. It was considered to be detrimental to her education and all sorts of things. We know better now. So my mum lost most of her italian, um. And it was a very scottish upbringing from that moment forward. And my dad, he came over when he was kind of ten or ii. Came over without his parents. Had a rough time, you know, adjusting to such a different culture. It was a good, healthy mix. But as far as mealtimes go and food, we were italian all the way. You mentioned you started playing the violin at t
And viewing this city berlin as well as germany and europe through the lens of photography. But 1st were off for the glitz and glamour of the coat in the south of france yes its the Film Festival 19 new films vying for the door and of course hollywood is there in force box its not all about the red carpet all the competition can is a great place to premiere your movie and one of the big debuts there is a biopic about the life of elton john called rock on football lets go straight out of a joint oh man scott. Hi scott its now isnt in the competition but it is its the biggest film premiering this year isnt it yeah definitely be a lot how can you out glam elton john you know the band has lets it is metal named
its its amazing its also a perfect for can because its a huge big a hollywood blockbuster with just a little bit of of edge just a little bit of darkness to it give it a bit of credibility here i have to say the candle vessel got off to a little bit of a slow start but if youll excu