The Alchemy of the Piano

Documentary, Music

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Jan Schmidt-Garre

Status Released

Release Date 2024-11-14

Storyline

When the pianist Francesco Piemontesi hears an unreleased recording of the pianist and composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, it comes as a shock to him. This freedom of playing, these colors and nuances, this virtuosity, which is always presented with a smile, overwhelms him. He decides to explore what he believes he is hearing here: the alchemy of the piano.