Piano related books and movies

EB5AGV

I think this subject deserves a its own thread. I love the piano as an instrument and enjoy when it is the center or an important part of a book or a movie.

I am currently reading Grand Obsession by Perri Knize and it is a very nice reading (I am now about 50% on it)

I also recently enjoyed the movie The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski, with Adrien Brody as the protagonist.

I have another book in the waiting queue to be read, The Piano Shop on the Left Bank, by Thad Carthart. And also want to watch The Piano directed by Jane Champion and with music of Michael Nyman.

Let's talk piano in books and films!

Jose

Del Vento

EB5AGV And also want to watch The Piano directed by Jane Champion and with music of Michael Nyman.

That was a fantastic movie that I loved, and the music is very nice too.

CyberGene

EB5AGV I also recently enjoyed the movie The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski, with Adrien Brody as the protagonist.

It’s one of my favorite movies and was also the reason I decided to learn the first ballade years ago. I memorized it and there was a time when I could play it relatively well but that’s now gone 🙁

MacMacMac

EB5AGV I am currently reading Grand Obsession by Perri Knize and it is a very nice reading (I am now about 50% on it)

I read that shortly after publication. What a whirlwind expedition Perri undertook to find her piano!

My intended choices (N1X vs. NV10) will make for a much less arduous purchasing adventure.
That'll be next year ... if health and unexpected expenses and covid and random intervening bs don't get in the way.

Pete14

Shine?

xooorx

The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts - A history of, and a journey through, Siberia, whilst simultaneously being all about the pianos and a quest for the right one.

EB5AGV

xooorx nice, another one for the queue, thanks!

Jose

HZPiano

Hello,

Original thread, Jose!

The Piano definitely is a work of art.

Cheers and happy watching/reading,

vagfilm

I have in my Kindle the book "The Piano Tuner" by Daniel Mason, that had rave reviews but I ended not reading it. Should I? I hope it is not about the unfortunate domestic misadventures of Pete14...

Drew-r

vagfilm

In the words of Robert Jordan and his epic WoT:

RAFO

PS . Who knows ? …. it could be about tales from his international adventures.

MacMacMac

vagfilm The Unfortunate Domestic Misadventures of Pete14

That sounds like a good theme for a prime-time dramatic television show.

Drew-r

MacMacMac

Oh Mac ..…. oh no …. not sure how brother Pete14 will feel about being taken mainstream 🤔 … but, hey, gotta move on ….. since its hard to put loosed cats back in the bag …. toothpaste back in the tube ….might as well put the Eddy Duchin Story on this docket ….hey look, a big screen prime timer had Kim Novack in it 👀 …. or maybe Ghost of a Chance

https://books.google.com/books/about/Ghost_of_a_Chance.html?id=iDR1DwAAQBAJ

vagfilm

MacMacMac That sounds like a good theme for a prime-time dramatic television show.

Mac: don't you remember Pete14 tales about the piano tuner that visited his home? And how that led to his abomination of acoustic pianos? Or am I mixing up the stories?

MacMacMac

vagfilm Mac: don't you remember Pete14 tales about the piano tuner that visited his home? And how that led to his abomination of acoustic pianos?

Actually ... I don't remember that story.
Perhaps that's because I don't get enough sleep. My brain hasn't been adequately detoxified. 🙂