The Pianist

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Event The Pianist
Venue Belvoir St Theatre, Surry Hills, NSW
Umbrella Event Sydney Festival 2009
First Date 16 January 2009
Opening Date 16 January 2009
Last Date 27 January 2009
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description In September 1939, concert pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman was midway through a performance of Chopin's Nocturne in C Sharp Minor for Warsaw Radio when the Nazis pulled the power. Six years later, after an infernal odyssey of survival during which he saved his sanity by playing silently on a tabletop every day, Szpilman returned to Warsaw Radio and completed his recital.

His memoir, The Pianist, is the story of those six years (and served as inspiration for the 2002 Academy Award® winning film of the same name).

Half a century after the memoir was written another great concert pianist, the i
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Play with Music
Subjects Music
War
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Sean Taylor Actor
Rachel McDonald Director
Mikhail Rudy Musician: Pianist
Anthea Bell Translator
Wladyslaw Szpilman Writer
Works
Text Nationality Poland
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web Sydney Festival 2009 Online Guide
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 78567