From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China

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From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China is a 1980 Oscar-winning documentary film about Western culture breaking into China. It portrays a music teacher, Isaac Stern, teaching young Chinese students to play classical music. It was produced and directed by Murray Lerner. Ten-year-old cellist Jian Wang (cellist) is featured in the last 15 minutes of the film. Since this initial discovery, Jian Wang has gone on to international stardom.[1]

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  1. ^ http://www.stringsmagazine.com/issues/Strings91/CoverStory.shtml

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Preceded by
Best Boy
Academy Award for Documentary Feature
1980
Succeeded by
Genocide