Sometimes a behind-the-scenes documentary can be wonderfully illuminating; sometimes it can reinforce the feeling that what’s behind the scenes isn’t quite as cinematically compelling as what’s in ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. ‘Pianomania’ tells the story of a little-seen aspect of the classical ...

Documentary. Directed by Lilian Franck and Robert Cibis. Starring Stefan Knüpfer. In English and German with English subtitles. (Not rated. 93 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "Pianomania" looks at ...

“Starring” a Steinway & Sons technician who is part surgeon, part detective, part psychotherapist to virtuoso pianists, “Pianomania” is like no other summer movie, and that’s a really good thing. A ...

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Pianomania takes the audience on a humorous journey through the secret world of sound and accompanies Stefan Knüpfer in his extraordinary work with the greatest pianists in the world. To select the ...

Anyone with a piano at home can tell stories about piano tuners — or piano technicians, as they prefer to be called. In more than a dozen years of producing classical music here at NPR, I have a few ...

In the classical music world, all attention inevitably focuses on the human elements of technique and expression. But what of the instruments themselves? Lilian Franck and Robert Cibis’ “Pianomania” ...

The message of “Pianomania” is a simple one: to make the kind of beautiful music the great classical pianists create, you have to be obsessed with the search for the perfect sound. And you need the ...