Anne-Kathrin Peitz (; ; born March 5, 1972) is a German documentary screenwriter, director and producer. She primarily works on

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-related documentaries and television specials.

Education and early career

Anne-Kathrin Peitz studied

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and Theatre in Leeds (

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) and Berlin (Master's degree at the Technische und Freie Universität Berlin). She resides in

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. Peitz initially worked as a journalist for the

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, the Leipziger Volkzeitung and other German publications as well as English language newspapers. She later became the product manager for WERGO, the recording label for new music at

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publishers. She combined her love of music and writing to serve as head of

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at the state opera houses in

and

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.Bio for Anne-Kathrin Peitz, Accentus Music
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Film, television and documentary work

While working at the

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, Peitz was the production manager for ''The Singing City'', a cinema documentary about the everyday life of a German opera house. The film won the Basler Filmpreis in 2011. Since 2011 Peitz has beem a producer and writer for works including the multiple award-winning documentary '' John Cage – Journeys in Sound'' (

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). Her debut as a director came in 2012 with her documentary series ''Sounds of the Sidewalk – On the Road with Buskers'' (

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). Peitz has directed numerous award-winning productions for television (

). Her music documentaries have been viewed throughout the world at film festivals and on numerous broadcast stations (e.g.

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, Svt,

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, EVT, Brava,

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, SF). She has directed documentaries on subject matter of

and

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trends in the genre. Peitz's primary work has been for the German production company

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(GmbH); most of her films have been released on DVD under the label

. Her directorial work on ''Satiesfictions – Promenades with Erik Satie'' (

) earned her a nomination for the

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in 2016 and also received the ARD television programming award. ”Befitting its extraordinary subject, Anne-Kathrin Peitz and Youlian Tabakov’s brilliant film about the French composer and hardline agent provocateur Erik Satie aims at more than a standard life-and-works biography”, notes Philip Clark from Gramophone magazine. Peitz's 2016 film ''Silenced – Composers in Revolutionary Russia'' (

) won the 2017 Czech Crystal for “Best Documentary” at Golden Prague Festival.Award for music documentary from Leipzig, Leipziger Volkszeitung, 2 Oct 2017
/ref> The film looks at Russian composers of the early twentieth century, such as

Arthur Lourié Arthur-Vincent Lourié, born Naum Izrailevich Luria (), later changed his name to Artur Sergeyevich Luriye () (14 May 1892 – 12 October 1966) was a Russian composer, writer, administrator, and musical agent. Lourié played an important role in ...

Nikolai Roslavets Nikolai Andreevich Roslavets (23 August 1944, also Mykola Andriiovych Roslavets) was a modernist composer active in the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union. Roslavets was a convinced modernist and cosmopolitan thinker; his music was offic ...

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Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''. , group=n ( – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who l ...

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and Arseny Avraamov. '' The Unanswered Ives – Pioneer in American Music (

)'' is about

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(1874-1954). The film won the Czech Crystal for “Best Documentary” at Golden Prague Festival in 2019. Peitz's ''

Arthur Rubinstein Arthur Rubinstein Order of the British Empire, KBE OMRI (; 28 January 1887 – 20 December 1982) was a Polish Americans, Polish-American pianist.

– Farewell to Chopin'' from 2020 is dedicated to the pianist and part of the ZDF/Arte series ''Magic Moments in Music''. In 2022 Peitz directed another 2022 episode for "Magic Moments in Music", on Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Ramallah. Also in 2022, Peitz explored a new music trend called Neo-Classical with the documentary ''The Sound Weavers: Ludovico Einaudi, Hauschka, Joep Beving, Hania Rani''.

Filmography

as producer, production manager

*2011 ''Die Singende Stadt'' *2014 ''A Tribute to Krzysztof Penderecki''

as producer, writer

*2012 ''John Cage – Journeys in Sound''

as director, writer

*2012 ''Sounds of the Sidewalk – On the Road with Buskers'' *2014 ''Satiesfictions – Promenades with Erik Satie'' *2016 ''Silenced – Composers in Revolutionary Russia'' *2018 '' The Unanswered Ives -- American Pioneer of Music'' *2020 ''From the Depths of the Soul – Foray through the Musical Landscape of Armenia'' *2021 ''Arthur Rubinstein – Farewell to Chopin'' *2021 ''The Sound Weavers: Ludovico Einaudi, Hauschka, Joep Beving, Hania Rani'' *2022 ''Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Ramallah'' *2023 ''Paul Dessau: Let's Hope For The Best'' *2023 ''Great Moments in Music -

Rudolf Nureyev Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (17 March 19386 January 1993) was a Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer. Nureyev is widely regarded as the preeminent male ballet dancer of his generation as well as one of the greatest ballet dancers of all ...

's 'Swan Lake (T.V. episode) *2024 ''Bugatti-Step''

Documentary filmography/Awards

References

External links

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