Composer
Michael Nyman, best known for his musical
collaborations with Peter Greenaway, imparts
his practical and theoretical knowledge at
a symposium about film composition
Entertainment or Fine Arts?
today at 16:00 at the Grand Hotel Hyatt.
In
conversation with Nyman are Volker Schlöndorff,
whose film The Ogre Nyman scored,
film music expert Dr Helga De La Motte-Haber
and Larry Sider, founder and director of London's
School of Sound. The symposium kicks off a
series of Nyman concerts and film screenings
organised by the Förderkreis für
Filmmusik and the British Council.
As
a special treat for visitors to the British
in Berlin stand at the European Film Market,
the saxophone quartet Camera Obscur will play
Nyman film and other compositions at 18:00,
15 February.
Natalie
Gravenor
