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Christopher Nupen receives DVD of the Year Award for the third time. (BK)


At 9pm on 30 January 2008, Christopher Nupen received the DVD of the Year Award (Documentary category) at Midem in the Palais des Festivals in Cannes for his latest DVD Jacqueline du Pré - A celebration.
 
Recently described by Gramophone Magazine as "King of the music documentary"  Christopher Nupen, has received a shower of awards in the past few months including DVD of the Month from both Classic FM Magazine and Gramophone, three times the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik in Germany and the Diapason d'Or in France.

In his acceptance speech Mr Nupen said:

"Jacqueline du Pré belongs to that world where the most beautiful things suffer the worst fate. Hers is among the saddest stories in music but there were many happy events in Jacqueline du Pré's short life, among them the arrival of the first silent 16 mm film cameras, invented just in time to capture something of her magic on film in a way that had never before been possible  -  and she taught us that, once those cameras had been invented, film became capable of remembering the artistic persona in a way that not one of the other media is quite able to match. That is why this DVD exists and the  fact that a jury of 20 people from 12 different lands should value that and give it this award, is a blessing on her life and her spirit which remains wonderfully present in this world."

The DVD of the Year Award is the top international classical DVD award and it is the third time in four years that Christopher Nupen has won it, an unprecedented achievement.

Bill Kenny

Seen and Heard reviewer Anne Ozorio's 2006 interview with Christopher Nupen is Here and her review of Mr.  Nupen's new DVD on the violinist Itzhak Perlman will appear in  MusicWeb's disc section soon after the disc is available. (Ed)


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