The Piano Player (2002 Film)
Piano player may refer to: *Pianist, who plays the piano * ''Piano Player'' (album), 1998 album featuring jazz pianist Bill Evans * ''The Piano Player'' (Ramsey Lewis album), 1970 * ''The Piano Player'' (2002 film), starring Dennis Hopper, Christopher Lambert & Diane Kruger * ''The Piano Player'' (Maksim Mrvica album), 2003 * ''The Piano Teacher'' (film) (French: ''La Pianiste''), or ''The Piano Player'', a 2001 film directed by Michael Haneke *A player piano A player piano (also known as a pianola) is a self-playing piano containing a pneumatic or electro-mechanical mechanism, that operates the piano action via programmed music recorded on perforated paper or metallic rolls, with more modern i ...

Pianist
A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, jazz, blues, and all sorts of popular music, including rock and roll. Most pianists can, to an extent, easily play other keyboard-related instruments such as the synthesizer, harpsichord, celesta, and the organ. Pianists past and present Modern classical pianists dedicate their careers to performing, recording, teaching, researching, and learning new works to expand their repertoire. They generally do not write or transcribe music as pianists did in the 19th century. Some classical pianists might specialize in accompaniment and chamber music, while others (though comparatively few) will perform as full-time soloists. Classical Mozart could be considered the first "concert pianist" as he performed widely on the piano. Composers Bee ...
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Piano Player (album)
''Piano Player'' is a compilation of recordings featuring jazz pianist Bill Evans released in 1998 on the Columbia label. Reception The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "The pianist's fans will definitely want this consistently enjoyable CD".Yanow, SAllmusic Reviewaccessed May 25, 2011 The All About Jazz review by Douglas Payne states "As a whole, ''Piano Player'' jumps from time periods and groupings more erratically than a typical Bill Evans listener would expect or appreciate. But eight of these songs offer required - and rewarding — listening for fans of the pianist. The remaining three selections are not readily available elsewhere either. Therefore, for now, ''Piano Player'' makes for essential Bill Evans listening".Payne, D''Piano Player'' Review '' All About Jazz'', October 1, 1998 Track listing :''All compositions by Bill Evans unless otherwise noted'' # "All About Rosie (3rd Section)" ( George Russell) - 5:18 # "My Funny Valentine" ...
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The Piano Player (Ramsey Lewis Album)
''The Piano Player'' is a jazz album by Ramsey Lewis, released in March 1970 on Cadet Records. The album reached No. 9 on the Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs chart. Overview The Piano Player was produced by Charles Stepney, Ramsey Lewis and Richard Evans and arranged by Stepney with Evans. The album was also recorded during November 1969 at Ter Mar Studios, Chicago. Critical reception According to MusicHound Jazz, "The fourth collaboration between Ramsey Lewis and Charles Stepney...has yet to be reissued in the CD format, but it was their best." Track listing Side 1 # "The Distant Dreamer" (Stevie Wonder) # "A Rainy Day in Centerville" ( Charles Stepney) # "Everybody's Talkin'" ( Fred Neil) # "Didn't We" ( Jimmy Webb) # "Whenever, Wherever" (Charles Stepney) Side 2 # "Close Your Eyes and Remember" (Charles Stepney) # "You've Made Me So Very Happy" ( Berry Gordy, Frank Wilson, Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway) # "The Love I Feel for You" (Cleveland Eaton) # "Ti ...
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The Piano Player (2002 Film)
Piano player may refer to: *Pianist, who plays the piano * ''Piano Player'' (album), 1998 album featuring jazz pianist Bill Evans * ''The Piano Player'' (Ramsey Lewis album), 1970 * ''The Piano Player'' (2002 film), starring Dennis Hopper, Christopher Lambert & Diane Kruger * ''The Piano Player'' (Maksim Mrvica album), 2003 * ''The Piano Teacher'' (film) (French: ''La Pianiste''), or ''The Piano Player'', a 2001 film directed by Michael Haneke *A player piano A player piano (also known as a pianola) is a self-playing piano containing a pneumatic or electro-mechanical mechanism, that operates the piano action via programmed music recorded on perforated paper or metallic rolls, with more modern i ...

Dennis Hopper
Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker and photographer. He attended the Actors Studio, made his first television appearance in 1954, and soon after appeared in ''Giant'' (1956). In the next ten years he made a name in television, and by the end of the 1960s had appeared in several films, notably ''Cool Hand Luke'' (1967) and ''Hang 'Em High'' (1968). Hopper also began a prolific and acclaimed photography career in the 1960s. Hopper made his directorial film debut with ''Easy Rider'' (1969), which he and co-star Peter Fonda wrote with Terry Southern. The film earned Hopper a Cannes Film Festival Award for "Best First Work" and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (shared with Fonda and Southern). Journalist Ann Hornaday wrote: "With its portrait of counterculture heroes raising their middle fingers to the uptight middle-class hypocrisies, ''Easy Rider'' became the cinematic symbol of the 1960s, a celluloid an ...
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Christopher Lambert
Christophe Guy Denis "Christopher" Lambert (; ; born March 29, 1957) is a French-American actor, producer, and novelist. He started his career playing supporting parts in several French films, and became internationally famous for portraying Tarzan in '' Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes'' (1984). For his performance in the film '' Subway'' (1985), he received the César Award for Best Actor. His most famous role is Connor MacLeod in the adventure-fantasy film '' Highlander'' (1986) and the subsequent franchise of the same name. Lambert's other notable film roles include '' I Love You'' (1986), '' The Sicilian'' (1987), '' Knight Moves'' (1992), ''Fortress'' (1992) and its sequel '' Fortress 2: Re-Entry'' (2000), '' Mortal Kombat'' (1995), ''Druids'' (2001), '' Absolon'' (2003), '' White Material'' (2009), '' Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'' (2011), and '' Kickboxer: Retaliation'' (2018). He also produced the films ''Don't Forget You're Going to Die'' (1995), ...
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Diane Kruger
Diane Kruger ( Heidkrüger; ; born 15 July 1976) is a German and American actress. Early in her career, Kruger gained worldwide recognition and received the Trophée Chopard from the Cannes Film Festival. Kruger became known for her roles in film as Helen in the epic war film ''Troy'' (2004), Dr. Abigail Chase in the heist film ''National Treasure'' (2004) and its 2007 sequel, Bridget von Hammersmark in Quentin Tarantino's war film ''Inglourious Basterds'' (2009), and Gina in the psychological thriller film ''Unknown'' (2011). She also starred as Detective Sonya Cross in the FX crime drama series '' The Bridge'' (2013–14). In 2017, she made her German-language debut in Fatih Akin's '' In the Fade'', for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. In 2014, she was made an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Early life Diane Heidkrüger was born on 15 July 1976. She was brought up Catholic and attended Catholic school. She has stated that one of ...
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The Piano Player (Maksim Mrvica Album)
''The Piano Player'' is a 2003 music album created by Maksim Mrvica. The album was released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions. Track listing # Flight of the Bumble-Bee – 4:25 (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov/Jeff Wayne) #Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor – 4:04 (Edvard Grieg) #Exodus – 3:09 ( Ernest Gold) #Claudine – 4:29 (Tonči Huljić) #Wonderland – 3:38 (Tonči Huljić) #Handel's Sarabande – 3:37 (George Frideric Handel) #Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini – 10:08 (Sergei Rachmaninov/Jeff Wayne) #Hana's Eyes – 4:31 (Tonči Huljić) #Chopin's Revolutionary Etude in C Minor – 3:52 (Frédéric Chopin) #Cubana – 3:08 (Tonči Huljić) #Croatian Rhapsody – 3:32 (Tonči Huljić) #Dance of the Baroness – 2:51 (Frano Parač) #Cubana Cubana – 3:28 (Bonus Track) (Tonči Huljić) Special Bonus AVCD edition # "Format Data, Not Playable" # "The Piano Player Interview" (Video) # "Maksim's World Premiere Performance at The Roundhouse, London (Excerpt)" ...
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The Piano Teacher (film)
''The Piano Teacher'' (french: La Pianiste, lit=The Pianist) is a 2001 erotic psychological drama film written and directed by Michael Haneke, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Elfriede Jelinek. It tells the story of an unmarried piano teacher (Isabelle Huppert) at a Vienna conservatory, living with her mother (Annie Girardot) in a state of emotional and sexual disequilibrium, who enters into a sadomasochistic relationship with her student (Benoît Magimel). A co-production of Austria and France, Haneke was given the opportunity to direct after previous attempts to adapt the novel by filmmakers Valie Export and Paulus Manker collapsed for financial reasons. At the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, it won the Grand Prix; the two leads, Huppert and Magimel, won Best Actress and Best Actor. It went on to receive positive reviews and other awards and nominations. Plot Erika Kohut is a piano professor in her late 30s at a Vienna music conservatory who resides in an apartment wi ...
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