A new documentary follows talented young pianists as they compete in the International Chopin Piano Competition in Poland. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with director, Jakub Piatek, about Pianoforte. In ...

While the piano was originally referred to as the pianoforte, the shorter title "piano" is the most commonly used term to describe the musical instrument today. The word "pianoforte" is still in usage ...

Exclusive: Director Jakub Piatek captures the famed Polish competition in the Sundance breakout documentary. Coming of age in the world of professional musicians is another feat unto itself.

When it comes to art, there is creating art and then there is perfecting art. Anyone can learn the piano, but can you perfect it? Pianoforte dives deep into the torture and elation that comes with ...

Instead of romantic optimism or "Whiplash"-like intensity, Jakub Piatek's documentary captures the world's top pianists in their moments of fading passion. “Pianoforte,” Jakub Piatek’s documentary ...

Every five years, the capital of Poland hosts one of the most thrilling classical music competitions in the world: the International Chopin Piano Competition, known colloquially as the “Olympics of ...

EXCLUSIVE: Polish filmmaker Jakub Piątek (Prime Time) debuts his latest feature doc, Pianoforte, at Sundance next week. Today, Deadline can share a first-look clip from the film, based around Warsaw’s ...

One of the best documentaries to screen at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Pianoforte is an electric and affecting look at the precocious competitors at Warsaw’s International Chopin Piano ...

It’s one of the most prestigious – and fiercely competitive – contests in the world of classical music. The International Chopin Piano Competition, held every five years in Warsaw since 1927, can ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- If you love music and have ever wanted to learn to play the piano, there is a store on Michigan Avenue, PianoForte, that you need to know about. Thomas Zoells' passion for piano is ...