Piano Movies

  • 1970
    Nina: A Historical Perspective

    Nina: A Historical Perspective

    Nina: A Historical Perspective

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    This Emmy-nominated TV special highlights rare performance footage filmed between 1968 and 1969 at various US venues and locations, including the...

    Nina: A Historical Perspective
  • 2010
    Murray Perahia, Not Of This World

    Murray Perahia, Not Of This World

    Murray Perahia, Not Of This World

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    An intimate portrait of the legendary pianist Murray Perahia. The documentary observes Perahia at work on the interpretation of some pieces by Chopin...

    Murray Perahia, Not Of This World
  • 2024
    Damned Wood

    Damned Wood

    Damned Wood

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    A girl runs away through the woods from an unknown danger

    Damned Wood
  • 2019
    Alexander Malofeev: Fondation Louis Vuitton Recital

    Alexander Malofeev: Fondation Louis Vuitton Recital

    Alexander Malofeev: Fondation Louis Vuitton Recital

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    Piano recital by Russian pianist Alexander Malofeev at the auditorium of the Fondation Louis Vuitton on 31 January 2019. Program includes works by...

    Alexander Malofeev: Fondation Louis Vuitton Recital
  • 2013
    Melbhattan

    Melbhattan

    Melbhattan

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    Melbhattan. Melbhattan is part homage, part pastiche of the opening sequence of Woody Allen's seminal 1979 film Manhattan. Melbhattan features more...

    Melbhattan
  • 1989
    Eighth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Here to Make Music

    Eighth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Here to Make Music

    Eighth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Here to Make Music

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    Emmy Award winning documentary, directed by Peter Rosen, about the Eighth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1989, featuring interviews...

    Eighth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Here to Make Music
  • 2025
    Contra Me

    Contra Me

    Contra Me

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    Jaime works as a librarian at a music school. It's no coincidence that his greatest passion is music. A self-taught pianist with a personality marked...

    Contra Me
  • 1980
    Autour d'un piano

    Autour d'un piano

    Autour d'un piano

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    A house being built by young people around a man playing the 32 variations of Beethoven on a piano.

    Autour d'un piano
  • 1933
    Harry Warren: America's Foremost Composer

    Harry Warren: America's Foremost Composer

    Harry Warren: America's Foremost Composer

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    Songwriter Harry Warren performs several of his own compositions, including "I Found a Million Dollar Baby" and "Shadow Waltz."

    Harry Warren: America's Foremost Composer
  • 2007
    Callalilly

    Callalilly

    Callalilly

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    In the beautiful yet slightly dark world of the Sisters Kane, where only dolls exist, Callalilly longs to play the piano perfectly. But her inability...

    Callalilly
  • 2023
    Fermata

    Fermata

    Fermata

    02023HD

    A struggling pianist makes a peculiar discovery.

    Fermata
  • 2013
    Inside Piano

    Inside Piano

    Inside Piano

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    The fifth project of the Living Architectures series, Inside Piano is composed of three films on three symbolic buildings of Renzo Piano's career. A...

    Inside Piano
  • 2010
    A Little Nightmare Music

    A Little Nightmare Music

    A Little Nightmare Music

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    The con­cert begins. The music is sub­lime. Not even a pin would dare drop. Sud­denly, a cell­phone rings and the mad­ness...

    A Little Nightmare Music
  • 2024
    Alain Jean-Marie, impressions cubaines

    Alain Jean-Marie, impressions cubaines

    Alain Jean-Marie, impressions cubaines

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    Alain Jean-Marie, impressions cubaines
  • 1987
    Horowitz in Vienna

    Horowitz in Vienna

    Horowitz in Vienna

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    Vladimir Horowitz's piano recital in 1987 at the Musikvereinssaal in Vienna.

    Horowitz in Vienna
  • 1982
    Horowitz in London

    Horowitz in London

    Horowitz in London

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    Vladimir Horowitz's piano recital in 1982 at Royal Festival Hall in London.

    Horowitz in London
  • 2023
    Dissonance

    Dissonance

    Dissonance

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    A young boy must relearn piano in order to rekindle the broken relationship between him and his mother.

    Dissonance
  • 1986
    Horowitz in Moscow

    Horowitz in Moscow

    Horowitz in Moscow

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    A recording of Horowitz's historic 1986 recital in Moscow, the program also includes highlights of his return to his native Soviet Union--his first...

    Horowitz in Moscow
  • 1970
    Head Rag Hop

    Head Rag Hop

    Head Rag Hop

    01970HD

    A proto-music video: three minutes of experimental animation set to the tune of Romeo Nelson's 'Head Rag Hop'.

    Head Rag Hop
  • 2000
    Piano Grand! A Smithsonian Celebration

    Piano Grand! A Smithsonian Celebration

    Piano Grand! A Smithsonian Celebration

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    A musical tribute to the piano's 300th anniversary celebrates the legacy, grandeur and showmanship of this instrument. Hosted by "Piano Man" Billy...

    Piano Grand! A Smithsonian Celebration