Virtuosity - The 14th Van Cliburn Competition

KHOLODENKO RANA CHEN DONG SAKATA MNDOYANTS

Virtuosity searches for the musical souls of the most gifted young pianists as they try to make a name for themselves at the 2013 Van Cliburn Int’l Piano Competition. • The film focuses on this group of young musicians as they articulate their personalities through their music: brilliant, eccentric, tender, touching, dazzling, deadly serious, and wildly entertaining. • At the heart of this film is the courage it takes for a 20-year-old to go onstage alone before 2,000 people, and hundreds of thousands more online, and play a unique interpretation of one of the most difficult pieces ever written for the piano. • The Competition requires not only transcendent musical ability but mental toughness that must sustain the soloist through three straight weeks of performance. • The Cliburn becomes as much a test of character as a musical proving ground. • All the onstage brilliance and backstage drama takes place in the year in which the inspiration and namesake of the competition, Van Cliburn, passed away – this film is a tribute to his memory, and to his particular genius.

Price: $26.98