{"id":2535,"date":"2010-11-09T16:30:35","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T16:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/?p=2535"},"modified":"2010-11-09T17:15:47","modified_gmt":"2010-11-09T17:15:47","slug":"pianomania-love-perfection-and-a-little-bit-of-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/pianomania-love-perfection-and-a-little-bit-of-madness-2535\/","title":{"rendered":"Pianomania &#8211; Love, Perfection and a Little Bit of Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe tone isn\u2019t breathing.\u201c \u2013 complains pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, distraught. This is a typical sentence in Steinway &#038; Sons\u2019 chief technician and Master Tuner Stefan Kn\u00fcpfer\u2019s normal work day. Each piano has its own personality, each piece demands its own timbre, and every interpretation has a particular temperament. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/pianomania.jpg\" title=\"Pianomania\" class=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" height=\"212\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The film Pianomania takes the viewer along on a humorous journey into the secret world of sounds, and accompanies Stefan Kn\u00fcpfer at his unusual job with world famous pianists like Lang Lang, Alfred Brendel, Rudolf Buchbinder, Till Fellner and Pierre-Laurent Aimard, among others. To find the right instrument with the necessary qualities, compatible with the vision of the virtuoso, to tune it to perfection and to finally get it on the stage, needs nerves of steel, boundless passion, and the extraordinary competence in translating words into sounds. This unusual film by Lilian Franck and Robert Cibis tells \u2013 with love and humor \u2013 of moments of absolute love of attention to detail and perfection. Pianomania observes, from unique angles, the suspenseful search for the perfect tone.<\/p>\n<p>Film trailer:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/gOpcQEBmS0s?fs=1&amp;hl=sv_SE&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/gOpcQEBmS0s?fs=1&amp;hl=sv_SE&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Stefan Kn\u00fcpfer loves his instruments and working with them. When he tunes a grand piano, he controls the hammerhead, string for string and tirelessly looks for the perfect pitch. He cannot understand colleagues who work with a measuring device that ascertains the right tone frequency. \u201cThose who tune exclusively with the device depend on their eyes, not their ears.\u201c Kn\u00fcpfer prefers to listen closely. Not even a piece of dust is allowed to be removed from the sound board afterwards. \u201cEverything changes the pitch.\u201c He comprehends a sound not as a defined frequency, but rather as a color within whose shades and progressions are possible in innumerable nuances.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2010 Pianomania received the Golden Gate Award as best documentary at the 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival.<br \/>\nThe film is theatrically released in various countries during 2010, more info <a href=\"http:\/\/oval-film.com\/wordpressEN\/?page_id=204\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Pianomania&#8221; director: Robert Cibis and Lilian Franck, production: Austria, 2009, duration: 93 minutes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Scenes from Pianomania:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/MA3E1G6qKFQ?fs=1&amp;hl=sv_SE&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/MA3E1G6qKFQ?fs=1&amp;hl=sv_SE&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe tone isn\u2019t breathing.\u201c \u2013 complains pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, distraught. 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