Paul Smaczny is a German-based documentary film-maker and a producer of concert and opera recordings. His latest work is the award-winning Knowledge is the Beginning, about the West-Eastern Divan orchestra.
2026Triegel meets CranachMovieDirector · Writer
2024Arnold Schönberg - Der rastlose VisionärMovieProducer
2024Riccardo Chailly & Alexander Malofeev Lucerne Festival 2024MovieProducer
2023Rock ChicksMovieExecutive Producer2021WinterreiseMovieProducer2020Beethoven ReloadedMovieProducer2020Prokofiev: Romeo and JulietMovieProducer
2019Universe, IncompleteMovieProducer
2019The Unanswered Ives - Wunderkind. Wall-Street-Gigant. KlangpionierMovieProducer
2019Leidenschaft und Pflicht und Liebe - Die drei Leben der Clara SchumannMovieProducer
2019Barbara Hannigan - Ein Opernstar auf neuen WegenMovieExecutive Producer
2018Dvořák: From the New WorldMovieProducer
2017Maestras: The Long Journey of Women to the PodiumMovieProducer
2017Ludwig van Beethoven: Tripelkonzert op.56MovieProducer
2017Midori Plays Bach. Sonatas And Partitas For Solo ViolinMovieProducer
2015Adam's PassionMovieProducer
2015The Lost ParadiseMovieExecutive Producer
2013Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival OrchestraMovieProducer
2012John Cage: Journeys in SoundMovieDirector · Producer
2012Mozart - Berliner Philharmoniker - Radek Baborák - Daniel BarenboimMovieProduction Director2012Die ThomanerMovieDirector2009Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Pelleas and MelisandeMovieProducer
2009Haydn: Die Schöpfung - Adam FischerMovieProduction Design
2009Händel Celebration ConcertMovieProducer
2008El SistemaMovieDirector
2008Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6MovieProducer
2008Americans in PyongyangMovieExecutive Producer
2007Daniel Barenboim: Beethoven - Piano Concertos 1-5MovieProducer
2006A Night Of Rhythm & Dance (Waldbühne 2000)MovieProducer
2005Un Ballo in MascheraMovieProducer2005Knowledge Is the BeginningMovieDirector
2004Keith Jarrett: The Art of ImprovisationMovieExecutive Producer2003Claudio Abbado: Hearing the SilenceMovieDirector · Producer
2001Europakonzert 2001 from IstanbulMovieProducer
1996Abbado: The Silence that Follows the MusicMovieDirector · Writer
—Gustav Mahler Symphony No.4 (Ricardo Chailly, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra)MovieProducer