Pianoforte (2023)

Pianoforte (2023). 1h 31m

“I admired the fluid yet intercut method of the editing in Pianoforte and its dismissal of the boring normal chronological documentation of a competition. It unified the competitors in their unique personal points of view and even intercut their performance of a single piece – where it became startlingly difficult to tell their styles apart in close proximity. Regrettably, video coverage of some of the pianists, notably the winner (a Chinese Canadian) was not available probably due to a lack of legal agreement. I would assume that another film company held the rights to that. Imperfections aside, the docu had the confidence to just be itself with all its omissions, and was still a great work. Although masked against Covid, you could tell some of the audience were weeping during one beautiful piece.”