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imbetter

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Movies about famous pianists

on: August 08, 2009, 01:34:58 PM

Do any such things exists in English or with English subtitles? German is fine too I guess but my command isn't quite good enough to watch a movie.

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Re: Movies about famous pianists

Reply #1 on: August 08, 2009, 01:43:55 PM

I can only think of Shine and The Pianist, as long as you don't include documentaries in your question.

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Reply #2 on: August 08, 2009, 01:45:47 PM

Documentaries are fine.

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Reply #3 on: August 08, 2009, 02:51:26 PM

Sviatoslav Richter - The Enigma:

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There's about Martha Argerich called Evening Talks, but I think you'll have to buy the DVD to see it since I can't find it online, but here's a trailer:

There's also this one on Glenn Gould:

And the Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, which aren't much of a movie really:

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And here's a list of films about pianists:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_about_pianists

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Reply #4 on: August 08, 2009, 05:19:54 PM

The are documentaries about Boris Berezovsky, John Ogdon, and Marc-Andre Hamelin, too.

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The Memories of a Piano - 80 Years After the Atomic Bomb

Piano Street Magazine:
The Complete Piano Works of 16 Composers