Helicopter String Quartet

Synopsis

One morning, the late Karlheinz Stockhausen awoke from a dream that told him to take to the sky. Stockhausen envisioned four helicopters swirling in the clouds, with each of a quartet’s members tucked inside his own chopper, communicating through headsets, stringing away in sync to the rotor-blade motors. He immediately set forth to make that dream a reality. In 1995, Dutch film director Scheffer followed Stockhausen in the days leading up to the premiere performance of his Helicopter String Quartet in Amsterdam. The resulting film offers a rare glimpse of Stockhausen as he patiently dictates every agonizingly detailed measure to the Arditti Quartet.

Main Cast

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Himself

Age : 79 | Popularity : 3%

Rohan de Saram

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Sound Designer	Harold Jalving
	Sound	Eddy de Cloe Otto Horsch Wouter Veldhuis
Camera	Camera Technician	Herman Verschuur
	Director of Photography	René van der Eijk Joost van Gelder Roelf-Jan Wentholt
Production	Producer	Frank Scheffer Ton Van Der Lee
Directing	Director	Frank Scheffer
Writing	Musical	Karlheinz Stockhausen
	Writer	Frank Scheffer
Editing	Editor	Jan Wouter van Reijen
Department	Role	Name

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