Stills from Magic Piano & The Chopin Shorts

The main silent feature (28 minutes) is accompanied by The Chopin Shorts, which is a collection of films set to Chopin's études (a short piece designed for practice). Pianist Dinara Klinton will perform the live screen score.

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On a four-city tour, the Ukranian pianist will also be conducting workshops for children in the host cities. "For the workshops, I am covering different Western composers from different eras. It's music that the kids have not come across on TV or in their everyday lives. I discuss the piece with the kids and also talk about the composers. I am also covering the Chopin études at these workshops," she tells us.

Klinton has performed this piece in the UK and Germany before. "Chopin études have been a part of my repertoire. So when I got to know that the producers have created a movie around the piece, I was happy to do it as I was already playing the music," Klinton tells us. The fact that the performance blurs the boundaries between art meant for adults and children, and provides a chance for different age groups to experience it together, also encouraged the pianist.

Dinara Klinton

"For a regular performance, the pianist decides how to play the keys, the timing, the expressions. But for a screen performance, you have to only go by what's playing on the screen. So in a way, it's tricky," she explains. What excites Klinton the most is that those who aren't acquainted with classical music can also enjoy this performance. "I watched the movie a lot of times and drafted a list of the crucial points where it is extremely important to be together with the screen — certain pauses, the expressions and movements of the characters, etc." Klinton summarises.

ON: June 16 and 17, 7.30 pm
AT: St Andrew's auditorium, Bandra West.
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COST: Rs 640 onwards

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