Crescendo | movie | 2023 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Set amongst the unlikely backdrop of cowboy boots, rodeos, and global geopolitics, thirty of the world's most promising  | dG1fOFVwc291Mzd1VWM

Transcript

00:00Try to figure out how to put on this.

00:12Well, it's not too comfortable for pedaling, but OK.

00:16Because I cannot feel the pedal.

00:23Clyburn is the most important piano competition in the world.

00:28It is similar to winning the gold at the Olympics.

00:32You win the Clyburn and you're set for a while.

00:35Classical music is an endangered minority.

00:38There's no room for 30 players now in the world

00:41to go out and have a career playing concerts. There just isn't.

00:45Our family didn't have that many financial resources

00:48and we were walking and you see in the dumpster

00:51they threw out two of their old upright pianos

00:54and that became my practice piano.

00:56It's quite a challenge when you have one baby waiting for you at home

01:02and one baby still on the way.

01:04I asked him, you know, what are you thinking when you play Mozart?

01:07Uh, nothing.

01:09You think about nothing? It's working out really well for you.

01:15We are now ready for our first performer.

01:19This particular competition, the Clyburn, is not a sprint, it's a marathon.

01:23You must practice, just think about music every moment.

01:27It's quite a stressful experience.

01:29The reason we put ourselves through this

01:31is probably not because we like competing against each other.

01:34It's more because of the change in your life that would happen if you do well.

01:53The Clyburns