Best books about pianists

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poster The Ballet Master's Dream
The Ballet Master's Dream
2mn - Comedy, Fantasy
It's late in the evening, and the ballet master's bed has been prepared for him. But he cannot take his mind off of his work, and instead of going to sleep he paces the floor and tries out dance steps. Fi…
poster The Melomaniac
The Melomaniac
(3.4/5)
3mn - Comedy, Music
The leader of a marching band demonstrates an unusual way of writing music.
poster Dangerous Moves
Dangerous Moves
(3.3/5)
110mn - Drama, Thriller
During the Cold War, the World Chess Championship clashed complete opposites - personal and political.
poster The Kreutzer Sonata
The Kreutzer Sonata
(2.9/5)
42mn - Drama
The Kreutzer Sonata is based on a novella by Leo Tolstoy, named after Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. The work is an argument for the ideal of sexual abstinence and an in-depth first-person description of je…
poster The Violin Maker of Cremona
The Violin Maker of Cremona
12mn - Drama
A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage as the prize. Filippo is secretly in love with her, but is also ashamed of being a cripple, so he switches his supe…
poster The Dying Swan
The Dying Swan
(3.6/5)
49mn - Drama
After being betrayed by her playboy lover, a heartbroken mute young woman joins a ballet company; during a performance of “The Dying Swan,” she enraptures a painter obsessed with portraying death genuinel…
poster Racquet
Racquet
87mn - Comedy
Centred around a former tennis champ who swings with the girls and volleying straight sets with the rich and famous while set on owning his own tennis court.
poster The Hands of Orlac
The Hands of Orlac
(3.5/5)
113mn - Crime, Drama, Horror
A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he is horrified to learn they once belonged to a murderer.
poster As Curas do Professor Mozart
As Curas do Professor Mozart
24mn - Documentary
poster The Ragtime Band
The Ragtime Band
10mn - Comedy
Professor Smelts the band leader gets into a romantic rivalry with one of his musicians over the affections of a pretty girl.
poster Touch the Sound
Touch the Sound
(3.6/5)
99mn - Documentary, Music
A documentary which explores the connections among sound, rhythm, time, and the body by following percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who is nearly deaf.
poster Street Girl
Street Girl
(3.1/5)
87mn - Romance, Drama
A homeless Hungarian violinist with extraordinary talent joins a struggling jazz quartet and transforms them into a successful act, but when a charming prince from her homeland arrives and romantic jealou…
poster The Magic Book
The Magic Book
(3.1/5)
3mn - Fantasy
Characters from a large magic book come to life.
poster Hep Cat Symphony
Hep Cat Symphony
(3.1/5)
6mn - Animation
A jazzbo cat is playing jazz in his home when he is disturbed by the mouse orchestra hidden within his wall.
poster Concert
Concert
1mn -
On the terrace of a villa, a violinist, two pianists and a singer are playing, until they are interrupted by a false note.
poster Pierrot the Prodigal
Pierrot the Prodigal
(2.7/5)
65mn - Drama
A example of female fantasy is L'Histoire d'un Pierrot (1913), based on a musical pantomime by Mario Costa with Francesca Bertini in the role of Pierrot and Leda Gys as Louisette. The young and naive Pier…
poster The Queen of Spades
The Queen of Spades
15mn - Horror, Drama
Based on Pushkin's short story: When his friends play faro, Germann always enjoys watching, but he never gambles himself. One day, as he is watching their game, he learns that an elderly countess staying …
poster Betrayed by a Handprint
Betrayed by a Handprint
8mn - Crime
Mrs. Wharton, a dashing widow, gives a party at her beautiful villa in honor of the presentation to her of a handsome diamond necklace by her fiancé. During the evening bridge participated in by a number …
poster The King of Paris
The King of Paris
(3.1/5)
64mn - Drama
The lives of two young men-- A virtuous artist who's renounced a background of riches and a debonair swindler proclaimed by many the King of Paris-- intersect when the artist's mother becomes the target o…
poster Souls on the Road
Souls on the Road
(3.3/5)
91mn - Drama
A small town boy dreams of being a famous fiddler; Meanwhile, two convicts escape from prison and hide in the woods.
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