The Bowmakers

The Bowmakers (2019)

The story of the most important instrument you’ve never heard of.

This documentary film explores the world of the bow and the extraordinary masters who make them. The bow is the Cinderella of the orchestra—the overworked and overshadowed ally to its more glamorous partners. Few people, even among lovers of classical music, think of the bow as an instrument in its own right, but players of stringed instruments see them differently. To musicians, the bow is as essential to expressing the soul of the music as the violin or cello. The film follows the journey of the “silent servant” of the music world—from the workshops of the virtuosos of the trade, to the birthplace of the bow in France, and to Brazil, home to the imperiled tree from which the world’s finest bows are made.

star 9 8.1
  • Release Date: 2019-09-27
  • Runtime: 1h 46min
  • Director: Ward Serrill

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Cast

  • Charles Espey

    Self, bow-maker

  • Paul Siefried

    Self, bow-maker

  • Robert Morrow

    Self, bow-maker

  • Ole Kanestrom

    Self, bow-maker

  • Cody Kowalski

    Self, bow-maker

  • Stéphane Tomachot

    Self, bow-maker

  • Joséphine Tomachot

    Self, bow-maker

  • Noel Burke

    Self, bow-maker

  • Johnny Gandelsman

    Self, violinist, Brooklyn Rider

  • Colin Jacobsen

    Self, violinist, Brooklyn Rider

  • Nicholas Cords

    Self, violist, Brooklyn Rider

  • Michael Nicolas

    Self, cellist, Brooklyn Rider

  • Joel Link

    Self, violinist, Dover Quartet

  • Bryan Lee

    Self, violinist, Dover Quartet

  • Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt

    Self, violist, Dover Quartet

  • Camden Shaw

    Self, cellis, Dover Quartet

  • Daniel Ching

    Self, violinist, Miró Quartet

  • William Fedkenheuer

    Self, violinist, Miró Quartet

  • John Largess

    Self, violist, Miró Quartet

  • Joshua Gindele

    Self, cellist, Miró Quartet

  • Sean Carpenter

    Self, violinist

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