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Alchemy of the Piano Documentary
Year
2024
Language
RUSSIAN (ENGLISH subtitles)
Duration
1h 39m
Rating
NR
CC
Performers
Francesco Piemontesi, Eldar Nebolsin, Antonio Pappano, Ermonela Jaho, Alfred Brendel
Directed By
Jan Schmidt-Garre
Publication Information
Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd
Summary
Francesco Piemontesi, a BBC Music Magazine award-winning pianist and lauded as a 'wonderful Mozartian', has an intense curiosity about his fellow artists - their pianos, the sonorities they cultivate, the secret elements that animate their playing, and what drives them. In this documentary by Jan Schmidt-Garre, filmed over one year, Piemontesi talks with some of the world's leading performers, including his mentor Alfred Brendel, Maria João Pires, Stephen Kovacevich and Antonio Pappano, in a series of revealing encounters that illuminate their individual approaches to the instrument, its colour and form.