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The Alchemy of the Piano (Music in Films)

The Alchemy of the Piano (Music in Films)

鋼琴家們的秘密煉金術 (Music in Films)

Released
20 Sep 2026
Runtime
90 min
Original title
Die Alchemie des Klaviers
Language
de

DocumentaryMusic

What it is about

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.

Cast

  • Francesco Piemontesi Self
  • Maria João Pires Self
  • Antonio Pappano Self
  • Jean-Rodolphe Kars
  • Stephen Kovacevitch Self
  • Ermonela Jaho Self
  • Stephen Kovacevich
  • Alfred Brendel Self
  • Sir Antonio Pappano
  • Eldar Nebolsin

Crew

  • Director Jan Schmidt-Garre
  • Writer Jan Schmidt-Garre
  • Director of Photography Diethard Prengel
  • Editor Sarah J. Levine
  • Producer Jan Schmidt-Garre
  • Producer Marieke Schroeder

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