Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (1927, 65')

Live music performance for German silent movie

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

Sergey Letov - Saxophone, flute, electronics

Vladimir Nelinov - Chinese, Korean and German percussion

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Sergey Letov - Saxophone, flute, electronics

Alexei Borisov - lo-fi electronics

Vladimir Goloukhov - keyboard or MIDI-vibraphone

 

English, Russian or German subtitles

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (German: Berlin. Die Sinfonie der Großstadt) is a 1927 German film directed by Walter Ruttmann, co-written by Carl Mayer and Karl Freund.

The first performance of the film with the music by Letov-Nelinov duo take place at the Opening of German film festival Der Blick'16 in Moscow on 3th of November 2016. The project was realized with the support by Goethe-Institute.

The film with live music by Sergey Letov, Alexei Borisov and Vladimir Goloukhov was presented in Ulyanovsk, Kazan, Yoshkar-ola, Cheboxary, Nizhny Novgorod, Kolomna and Moscow (The State Tretyakov Gallery) in 2020.

'Silent Movie - Live Music' Projects by Sergey Letov

Sergey Letov plays soundtrack for silent film Berlin - Symphony of Great City. Moscow. 2016
Sergey Letov plays soundtrack for silent film Berlin - Symphony of Great City. Moscow. 2016

«Berlin - Symphony of Great City» at Silk Factory, Kolomna, Russia 2020. Alexei Borisov and Sergey Letov
«Berlin - Symphony of Great City» at Silk Factory, Kolomna, Russia 2020. Alexei Borisov and Sergey Letov

Sergey Letov and Alexei Borisov play live soundtrack for «Berlin. Symphony of a Great City» in Ulyanovsk, Rusiia, 2020
Sergey Letov and Alexei Borisov play live soundtrack for «Berlin. Symphony of a Great City» in Ulyanovsk, Rusiia, 2020
Berlin - symphone of a great city in Kazan

Next Performance:

October 30, 2020 Moscow. Tretyakov State Gallery.