PINK PANTHER Henry Mancini

The outstanding clarinet virtuso Ognjen Popovic is performing with Walter Abt and Munich Guitar Ensemble.

The first film in the series derives its name from a pink diamond that has enormous size and value.
The diamond is called the "Pink Panther" because the flaw at its center, when viewed closely, is said
to resemble a leaping pink panther. The phrase reappears in the title of the fourth film The Return of
the Pink Panther, in which the theft of the diamond is again the center of the plot. The phrase was
used for all the subsequent films in the series, even when the jewel did not figure in the plot. The
jewel ultimately appeared in six of the 11 films. Most of the films were written and directed by Blake
Edwards, with theme music composed by Henry Mancini.