RSSTHE PIANO MAN
Musician, composer and actor Philip Pope presents the remarkable story of Paolo Fazioli, who
redesigned the piano and created an instrument to rival Steinway.
This programme explores how Fazioli did it, what the impact has been on the world of serious music and just what it is that draws so many pianists and music fans to the sound of these instruments.
Featuring interviews with Paolo Fazioli himself, celebrated concert pianists and Fazioli devotees Nikolai Demidenko and Mark Swartzentruber, Gramophone magazine critic Bryce Morrison and Royal College of Music Professor Ruth Nye who was moved to tears the first time she heard the unique timbre of a Fazioli.
This programme explores how Fazioli did it, what the impact has been on the world of serious music and just what it is that draws so many pianists and music fans to the sound of these instruments.
Featuring interviews with Paolo Fazioli himself, celebrated concert pianists and Fazioli devotees Nikolai Demidenko and Mark Swartzentruber, Gramophone magazine critic Bryce Morrison and Royal College of Music Professor Ruth Nye who was moved to tears the first time she heard the unique timbre of a Fazioli.