The Art of Piano
The Art of Piano The art of piano presents a dazzling array of the most prodigious pianists of the century. Some of the most rare and fascinating archival footage of these legendary artists has been selected from film and television archives around the world. From Ignace Jan Penderewski in 1936 to Claudio Arrau in 1970, the programe illustrates a broad mixture of interpretive styles, as also displayed by Horowitz, Rubinstein, Cortot, Gilels, Richter, Michelangeli and others. Revealing commentaries on all eighteen artists are given by present-day figures such as Piotr Anderszewski, Daniel Barenboim, Schuyler Chapin, Sir Colin Davies, Gary Graffman, Evgeny Kissin, Zoltan Kocsis, Stephen Kovacevich, Paul Myers, Gennadi Rhozhdestvensky, György Sandor and Tamás Vásáry. PERFORMERS: Julian Jacobson, Emil Gilels, Claudio Arrau, Myra Hess, Sviatoslav Richter, Arthur Rubinstein, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Josef Hofmann, Sergei Rachmaninov, Benno Moiseiwitsch, Vladimir Horowitz, György Cziffra, Annie Fischer... Awards: Best Video Award - Academie Charles Cros 1999
