Anyone who has had a child give a piano recital, or has played in one, knows the exquisite terror involved. Now imagine the performer is deaf. “Moonlight Sonata ...
After debuting at Sundance and making its way through the festival circuit, HBO Documentary Films’ “Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements” will get a theatrical release in September. The film ...
Beethoven’s most popular sonata, the ‘Moonlight’, has been performed and recorded by hundreds of pianists over the past century. Jed Distler compares a judicious selection of recordings The ...
At its core, the heartfelt documentary “Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements” is an intimate, often vérité look at how hearing loss affects three generations of a close-knit Portland, Ore., ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Beethoven at 250 A coming novel tells the story of the piano student who was the dedicatee of one of classical music’s most famous works. By Patricia ...
The documentary is about a deaf boy learning to play Beethoven's famous piece. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky, her son Jonas, and his grandmother Sally. "Moonlight Sonata" ...
The famous moonlight sonata was composed in 1801. The first movement is dreamlike; an atmosphere that flows around you like a mysterious fog, leaving you lost in the moonlight. Composer: Ludwig van ...