The Alchemy of the Piano

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.

• Jan Schmidt-GarreDirector
• Jan Schmidt-GarreWriter

• Francesco PiemontesiSelf
• Maria João PiresSelf
• Antonio PappanoSelf
• Stephen KovacevitchSelf
• Ermonela JahoSelf
• Alfred BrendelSelf