Sarasate: The Spanish Spirit

The great Spanish violinist and composer Pablo Sarasate has been, ever since he appeared on stage as a young boy, a famous name in the world of music. Unfortunately upon this day there has not been written a biography in English or an English documentary film of feature length about this icon.Born in 1844 in Pamplona (Spain), his life took an early flight to Madrid and at the age of eleven to France, which became his home-base upon where he would travel the whole world. His love towards his native country, in combination with the compositional vogue of implementing folklore characters in new compositions, resulted in the fact that he composed nearly sixty pieces which he performed during his trips and which made him, subsequently, world-famous.