Unisono - Von der Liebe zur Musik
2026 · 87m · Documentary · Music
When young musicians come together to play classical music, they send out a strong signal to our today’s world. The film follows talented young Swiss musicians as they work, search for inspiration, but also expose their thought how to play nowadays the “old” Classical music.
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