Directed & Animated by:
Ryan Kravetz & Elisabeth Willy
Conducted By: Michael Tilson Thomas
Performed by: The New World Symphony
Produced by:
Michael Patterson & Candace Reckinger

The Old Castle was part of the opening gala of the New World Symphony in Miami. As Michael Tilson Thomas conducted Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, animated pieces filled the Frank Gehry concert hall projected on five large screens that surrounded the audience. The 35 minute movement was broken into 15 sections by Mussorgsky, each one based on a painting by artist Victor Hartmann. Each section was individually directed and animated by a team of animators that where made up of current students, alumni, and teachers from USC animation department. The old castle was directed and animated by Ryan Kravetz and Elizabeth Willy. Based on a lost painting of a Italian castle painting by Hartmann , The Old Castle Is a whimsical journey into the past.