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VIRTUOSO

An Award-Winning Film

BY BIANA KOVIC

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DVD

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Synopsis

On March 1st 2006,
an 89-year-old woman,
Matty Kahn, volunteered
for a Never2Late project,
to begin learning to play
the cello in a month's time.

Having no prior musical
knowledge, she is bravely embarking on the path
of musical training to
rediscover the strong
connection between
life and music.

From Biana Kovic,
cellist/filmmaker,
comes this inspirational,
gripping story that
offers powerful
insight into the
secrets of aging.

EXCITING NEWS:

Virtuoso has Won in a Short Documentary Category
at the British Film Festival of Los Angeles

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DVD of the Film Now Available
on
AMAZON

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"I love this film!

Virtuoso follows the journey of a senior citizen Matty Kahn, who is eighty
nine-years-old and has no prior music experience, beginning to learn to
play the cello and the fundamentals of music for the first time.

Matty Kahn is a joy to watch and her story is punctuated by experts in the geriatric
and music therapy field and an amateur cellist, reiterating the benefits that the film so
clearly embodies: keeping the mind active, maintaining physical dexterity, and giving
people a reason to look forward to life.

This inspirational documentary challenges viewers to rethink ideas about age,
learning, and discovering passion throughout life. The dialogue and script could have
been written from our MFP Philosophy in which we have been encouraging people
to awaken their interest in music and find a loving and humanistic teacher,
which Biana definitely is.

The teaching scenes are real and wonderfully to watch, full of encouragement from
Biana. The overdubbed dialogue is inspirational in a sense that the concepts are very
real and practical as well as detailed.

The entire film has the wonderful cello background performance of Biana Kovic.

Ms. Kovic skillfully bring to light the importance of the following concepts that are
so true for both, learning and life: passion, process, practice, patience and praise…..
sure sounds like our Music For People.

Congratulations to Biana Kovic and her production associates on this heart-warming film."

- David Darling, Music For People Founder and Artistic Director.

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"This short, brilliant film packs more inspirational punch than many full-length features.
Kovic's theme of renewal and discovery through music is handled with subtlety and skill.
When it was over the first thing I wanted to do was pick up a cello."

- Larry Hott, Florentine Films/Hott Productions.

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"Wonderful Film!

I plan to use the film in my course on Communication and Aging this fall."

- Dr. Robert Roush, Huffington Center on Aging,
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

“Learning is the process that helps foster dreams into reality.” - BK  

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