Uwe Scholz

Uwe Scholz was born on December 31, 1958 in Seeheim-Jugenheim, Hesse, Germany. He died on November 21, 2004 in Berlin, Germany.

During his short life, this former wunderkind created over 100  ballets, including major stage successes such as Die Schöpfung, Die  Grosse Messe and Bruckner 8. Scholz was regarded as a sensitive, highly  musical artist with a fine sense of humor, but again and again, he was  plagued by an excruciating perfectionism, self-doubts, and fears. At  times, they made work impossible for him.  

“Sometimes the great artist’s path  does not lead to laurel-wreathed solitude, but to deep despair,” writes  the ballet critic Klaus Geitel looking back on Scholz’s life. The film  Soulscapes is a highly personal, moving portrait of Uwe Scholz, who died  on November 21, 2004, at the age of 45. In one of his last interviews  with the director Günter Atteln, Scholz talks about himself and his work  with an unprecedented openness. “I’m drawn to symphonic music from the  Classical and Romantic periods. I simply need these soulscapes.” Uwe  Scholz

Source : Cennarium