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- What are the essential ingredients in the development of young pianists? Certainly, love of music and a combination of skill and study are essential. But the pianists who become concert artists share an additional quality. For these performers, once on stage, a switch flips on, propelling them to soar beyond what they can do in the rehearsal hall. "Beyond the Practice Room" will take a close look at this "switch" to see what motivates young pianists to perform and to take risks on stage, to experiment as artists. Parental influence, passion for music, dreams and expectations are among the many themes that we will explore in this intimate, behind-the-scenes portrait of the contestants at the New York Piano Competition
- "Speaking with Music" is a one-hour documentary about a passionate group of young pianists, and how they express themselves, emotionally and intellectually through their art. These twenty-two artists, aged 14-18, came together at the Inaugural New York Piano Competition, a week of performances, master classes, and ensemble work which was held in the city last Summer. With the competition as a dramatic backdrop, the contestants and their families invite the audience into the world of teenage classical artists. "Speaking with Music" also creates an evocative portrait of Melvin Stecher and Norman Horowitz, the duo pianist team who created the competition, contrasting what it was like for them as young performers in the 1950s with the challenges young pianists face today.
- Having as a backdrop The New York Piano Competition, "On a Personal Note" explores the relationship between young classical pianists and their art, particularly how the personality and personal interpretation of each artist color a work of classical music. For centuries many classical compositions have had their composer's precise score outlining each note to be played, their duration, as well as the composition's tempo, and dynamics. Added to these strict instructions, a young artist is faced with the many recordings of renowned musicians as benchmarks of interpretation. Why classical music today? How can a young artist contribute to such formal art? Why does he or she would endure daily hours of rigorous training and practice in search of personal expression and identity? And how to interpret a brand new work, as it is the case when all the contestants are asked to perform composer John Musto's piece created especially for the competition: "Improvisation and Fugue?" These questions are part of this movie's reflective investigation into the soul of artists in formation.
- Story of a team of palliative care nurses from a small hospital and volunteer doctors from the U.S. who care for villagers with little access to medical treatment, where pain and suffering are often endured rather than relieved, and where people with life-threatening illnesses turn to traditional healers-herbalists, bone setters and witch doctors- hoping for a cure. The intimacy of medical care is a window into the lives of the villagers and the challenges of integrating Western medical practices with traditional beliefs.