Overview

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.

Top Cast

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Francesco Piemontesi

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Maria João Pires

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Antonio Pappano

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Stephen Kovacevitch

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Ermonela Jaho

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Alfred Brendel

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