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Heidi Hau

Concert pianist Heidi Hau shares her thoughts about performing as she plays Franz Liszt’s “Tarantella.”

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Jon Kimura Parker on Beethoven’s 5th piano concerto

Canadian Pianist Jon Kumura talks about Beethoven’s 5th Piano Concerto. Jon is the recipient of many inter­na­tional awards, and has won famous inter­na­tional compe­ti­tions, including the very pres­ti­gious Leeds Inter­na­tional Pianoforte Compe­tition in 1984. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1999.

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Play What You Hear

An interview with Rochester, NY Jazz composer and pianist John Nyerges, illu­mi­nated by concert photos and album selections.

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Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037 Trailer

“Note by Note” is a featured-length inde­pendent docu­mentary that follows the creation of a Steinway grand piano—from forest floor to concert hall. It explores the rela­tionship between musician and instrument, chron­icles the manu­fac­turing process, and illus­trates what makes each Steinway unique.

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Composed (extended trailer)

Composed follows musician and dwarf, Chris Errera, in a dynamic portrayal of over­coming odds and cham­pi­oning fate throughout his everyday life. Chris, who stands a little over 4 feet tall, has faced many obstacles. Before his 18th birthday, he had already survived over 20 recon­structive leg surg­eries. Soon after, Chris became para­lyzed from the waist down. Chris is a clas­si­cally trained pianist with fused fingers. Chris has a strong will, huge heart and has always chal­lenged himself to never let his physical disabil­ities define him as disadvantaged.

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Chopin Letters

“Chopin Letters,” a Paul Siwko-Bajon film, is a most welcome and timely docu­mentary about the rela­tionship between two Polish men and their homeland. One is the world renowned 19th century composer—Fryderyk Chopin, and the other contem­porary pianist performing Chopin’s music. A fasci­nating and powerful portrait of Chopin’s music and its impact on a man who followed the composers’ steps 150 years later. Exclu­sively filmed on loca­tions in Zelazowa Wola, Warsaw, Szafarnia, and Brochow, Poland, this film is a deep intro­spective depiction of the composers’ thoughts and mindset while living in exile.

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Chick Corea

An NEA Jazz Master, 16-time Grammy winner, prolific composer and keyboard virtuoso, Chick Corea has attained living legend status for four decades of unpar­al­leled creativity and artistic output. Since 1966, Corea has been at the fore­front of jazz & fusion, with acoustic jazz bands. This docu­mentary features Sting, Bobby McFerrin, Bela Fleck, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Stanley Clarke, Gary Burton and Steve Gadd.

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An Ear for Music: Notes from the Road

Angela Jia Kim’s docu­mentary about life on the road as a concert pianist.

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Music Expres­sions

A cellist. A bass player. A pianist. Three stories with much in common beyond a successful music career. “Music Expres­sions” presents a portrait of three musi­cians: Francesco Mastro­matteo, Bach Norwood, and Lizbeth Arevalo and the struggles they face to develop their music career. The docu­mentary explores struggles that are physical and financial in nature and inves­ti­gates on the idea of passion as the under­lying force that keeps these musi­cians focused on their career and lifelong aspirations.

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Changing Keys

“Changing Keys” is an intimate look at the life of a piano prodigy. At age 12, Aaron Kurz polishes an extra­or­dinary musical talent and joggles intense piano prac­tices with a kids life. This doc was released in 2008, a few months before Aaron turned 13.

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They Came To Play: Trailer

“They Came To Play” is an uplifting feature-length docu­mentary chron­i­cling the passion, pressure and potential surrounding the Fifth Inter­na­tional Piano Compe­tition for Outstanding Amateurs hosted by The Van Cliburn Foun­dation, a pres­ti­gious event which reunites seventy-five of the world’s best amateur pianists with their dreams, if only for a brief time.

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Beethoven, Op. 15, Mvt 1

Pianist Donna Baldwin and the Northern Virginia Manassas Symphony perform the third movement of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto in C Major, Opus 15. Filmed in perfor­mance at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas on March 5th, 2010.

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For the Music

A short docu­mentary about the lengths some will go to share their passion with others. A small-time pianist makes a six hour journey every week to bring music to the poor –and some­times homeless– resi­dents of a poverty-stricken neighborhood.

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Chicago Amateur
Piano Competition

May 23–27, 2012 • Chicago, Illinois

8th International Adilia
Alieva Piano Competition

June 1–4, 2012 • Paris, France

Les Amateur!
Festival de Piano

June 6–10, 2012 • Paris, France

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The Piano Puzzler

Test your ears as Bruce Adolphe takes a popular tune and transforms it into something that sounds like it was composed by one of the great composers of classical music. Guess the composer and the tune.

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AP San Diego

Located in San Diego? Visit Amateur Pianists San Diego for information on free, upcoming public recitals for this meetup group. Come as an audience member, or perform at the piano for these wonderful recitals open to the public.

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