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Larry Weinstein

A partner at Rhombus Media since 1979, Larry Weinstein has become Canada's pre-eminent director of films on musical subjects. Many of his productions document the lives and musical creation of 20th century composers, among them Ravel; The Radical Romantic: John Weinzweig; My War Years: Arnold Schoenberg; and The War Symphonies: Shostakovich against Stalin.

Weinstein has worked with leading cultural broadcasters throughout North America, Europe, Asia and South America. His films have been televised in over 40 countries and screened at major festivals throughout the world, taking top awards in Toronto, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, San Sebastian, Prague, Melbourne and others.

He has won numerous International Emmy and Gemini Awards, and an Oscar nomination for Making Overtures - The Story of a Community Orchestra. In 1998, Solidarity Song: The Hanns Eisler Story won the Louvre's Classique en Images award as the world's best film on the arts over a three-year span.

Weinstein’s most recent productions include Andrea Bocelli - Tuscan Skies and Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen. He is currently developing Beethoven’s Hair, a musical/pathological/historical film for television, and co-scripting a feature film based on the artistic, political and sexual life of conductor Arturo Toscanini.

Weinstein is a graduate of York University’s Film & Video program.

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