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Kurtág Fragments

2026 · 111 min

A patient, contemplative immersion in a composer's mind, where silence and sound carry equal weight.

Directed by: Dénes Nagy
Genres: Documentary, Music
Starring: György Kurtág, Víkingur Ólafsson, Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir

Overview: Renowned composer György Kurtág's journey through the key places and collaborations that shaped his work, capturing the transformation of emotions into music with world-class musicians in a cinematic exploration of his musical world.

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Directed by: Dénes Nagy
Genres: Documentary, Music
Starring: György Kurtág, Víkingur Ólafsson, Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
music
memory
identity
aging
Places: single country house
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Realism	9
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Tension	2
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Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: documentary, music
Directed by: Dénes Nagy
Starring: György Kurtág, Víkingur Ólafsson, Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir, Steven Isserlis
Cinematography: Tamás Dobos
Runtime: 111 min
Country: Hungary
Languages: English, French, German, Hungarian

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