First Run Features presents The Award-winning Documentary THE NEW YORK TIMES calls “The art of the Steinway whisperer” “HHHH A captivating film not just for pianomaniacs!” -Trevor Johnston, Time Out “Fascinating!” “Thoroughly enjoyable!” -Tom Huizenga, -Peter Rainer, National Public Radio Christian Science Monitor

“Stefan Knüpfer is a co-conspirator, a sorcerer’s apprentice, even a piano witch doctor and to watch him in action is addictive.” -Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times “Delightfully esoteric!” -The London Telegraph “Surprisingly exciting! You don’t have to love classical piano to love Pianomania!” -This Week in New York

As Steinway & Sons’ Chief Technician and Master Tuner in , Stefan Knüpfe H H is dedicated to the unusual 25 City Theatrical Art House Release! task of pairing world-class instruments with world-fa- H The World’s Greatest Pianists Featured H mous pianists. Juggling the demands of the pianist, the H H piano, and the piece to find the perfect match requires H Pierre-Laurent Aimard H boundless enthusiasm, but also endless patience and H H Rudolph Buchbinder H nerves of steel. No detail is too small or too inconsequential for Knüpfe, not even the tiniest speck of dust on a piano string. SRP: $27.95 Pianomania is a funny and surprisingly suspenseful peek into the Canada: $29.95 heated clash of wills between a genius craftsman and the renowned Catalog #: FRF 914987D 93 minutes, color, 2010 pianists who rely on his talent as they search together for that elusive perfect tone.

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