For the 35th edition of the Ghent Film Festival (7-18 October), acclaimed composer Gabriel Yared will be honouring director Anthony Minghella, who sadly passed away earlier this year. Yared had been Minghella’s trusted composer for years, penning the scores for The English Patient, Cold Mountain and The Talented Mr Ripley. The concert is a co-production between the Ghent Film Festival and University College Ghent and will be held on 15 October at the Ghent Conservatory of Music.
Gabriel Yared is one of the most accomplished and influential composers of his generation. Born in Lebanon, he began composing film music in France in the 80’s, establishing his reputation with more than 70 soundtracks for the likes of Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Jacques Annaud. Yared is best known for his longstanding collaboration with British director Anthony Minghella. Over the years, he has scored a number of Minghella projects including The English Patient, Cold Mountain, The Talented Mr Ripley and Breaking and Entering.
Yared won an Oscar for his soundtrack for The English Patient as well as a Golden Globe and a Grammy. He came close again with nominations for The Talented Mr Ripley and Cold Mountain. With Cold Mountain, he had a night of glory at the 2004 World Soundtrack Awards, winning both Composer of the Year and Best Original Soundtrack.
The film music concert at the Ghent Conservatory on 15 October will pay tribute to musical soulmates Yared and director Minghella, who passed away earlier this year at the tender age of 54. The concert will also feature favourites from The Moon in the Gutter and Betty Blue by Jean-Jacques Beineix and The Lover and Wings of Courage by Jean-Jacques Annaud.
The music will be performed by a chamber orchestra and soprano solo, and not by a symphony orchestra. A deliberate decision by Yared to preserve the intimacy of the concert and his music. The concert is a co-production between the Ghent Film Festival and University College Ghent, a new festival sponsor as of this year. As part of this new partnership, the festival has arranged for Gabriel Yared to give a film music seminar to Conservatory students later this year.
Events
15/10/2008 - Tribute to Anthony Minghella - Gabriel Yared in Concert
16/10/2008 - Clint Mansell & Sonus Quartet in concert
17/10/2008 - That’s All Folk!
18/10/2008 - 8th edition World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony
Source: Ghent Film Festival
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