The Alchemy of the Piano (2024)

Release Date: 2024-11-14
Runtime: 1h 30min
Production Company: BR
Production Country: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden
Director: Jan Schmidt-Garre

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.