Strawinsky:animated – The Soldier’s Tale

What is it that we own that we are prepared to exchange against a promise of something else?
The music theater "The Soldier's Tale" of Igor Stravinsky and Charles Ferdinand Ramuz addresses this central question in a moral tale featuring a soldier who sells his precious violin to the devil for a large and ready fortune.
"Strawinsky:animated" stages this powerful drama in a totally new way. Live chamber music by Stravinsky, animated film by the expert animation team Motionfruit, acting and drama, story-telling and dance are woven together here in a completely novel manner. A unique staging of this work emerges under the artistic direction of the young stage director Daniel Pfluger working with the outstanding young musicians of the PODIUM Festival.
The premiere takes place on 30 April 2013 in the "Scala" building in Esslingen as part of this year's PODIUM Festival Esslingen.
We want to promote the professional filming of this very special stage production with the help of crowdfunding in order to share the experience with a broader community. For everyone who cannot attend the live performance, we want to provide a live recording and publish the results as a high-quality DVD.

The PODIUM Festival seeks new and contemporary ways to perform and present classical music. In the "Strawinsky:animated" production, for instance, live chamber music and theater are combined with the immensely expressive medium of film animation to form a unique whole.
Such performances enhance the uniqueness and depth of the music. Not only for people who haven't had much to do with "classical" music so far, but also for them as well....

"Strawinsky:animated" opens up Stravinsky's wonderful piece of music for a modern audience. With great pleasure and surprising insights, this production leaves all former conventions of classical music far behind, and sets out to find new, modern-day forms of interpretation.
Your help will contribute towards providing new access to the production for people who were not able to personally experience the live performance!

The money will help finance the production of a high-quality DVD (recording + bonus material) and a booklet, showing the complete work and some glimpses into the creative process of the project.