The Kreutzer Sonata (2008 film) The Kreutzer Sonata (2008 film) The Kreutzer Sonata is a 2008 film directed by Bernard Rose based on the novella by Leo Tolstoy. It is Rose's second collaboration with Danny Huston (after "Ivans XTC") and his third adaptation of a work by Leo Tolstoy, following 1997's "Anna Karenina" and 2003's "Ivans XTC". "The Kreutzer Sonata" is the name commonly given to Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Sonata no. 9 in A major. Director Bernard Rose had previously directed "Immortal Beloved", a film on the life of Ludwig van Beethoven, in which there is a major (and pivotal) scene that features a
Pierre Gaviniès Kreutzer, and Romain de Brasseure dedicated works to him. The cellist Martin Berteau named a sonata “La Gavinies”. His seminal work is the 24 Matinées published in 1794, a compilation of violin studies that includes extremely complex passages with the main goal of developing bowing facility. Gaviniès taught violin at the Paris Conservatoire from 1795 until his death. Pierre Gaviniès Pierre Gaviniès (Bordeaux 11 May 1728 – Paris 8 September 1800) was a French violinist, pedagogue and composer. Son of a luthier, Gaviniès was taken to Paris by his father in 1734. At age 13 he made his debut at