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Zhu Xiao-Mei was born into a middle-class family in 1969 in Beijing. She was a child prodigy on the piano, taught by her mother, and she immersed herself in the classical masters. This book tells Zhu's story through her difficult early years, longing for the comfort of playing piano, through to her emigration to France, where she was able to fully embrace her passion.
282) Encuéntrame
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"En 2018, el mundo entero se conmovió con el amor de verano entre Elio y Oliver. Llámame por tu nombre, publicada originalmente más de diez años antes, se convirtió en un fenómeno gracias a la película estrenada aquel año. Y este relato de deseo, descubrimiento, pasión y veladas infinitas llegó a miles de lectores que, con el corazón en vilo, esperan conocer cómo concluye esta historia. Por fin, en Encuéntrame, vuelven Elio y Oliver....
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After an exhausting Season, Bath's first annual music festival offers Charity the perfect escape. Between her newly formed trio and her music loving grandmother, Charity is free to play the pianoforte to her heart's content. That is, until their insufferably rude, though undeniably handsome, neighbor tells her to keep the "infernal racket" to a minimum. Hugh Danby, Baron Cadgwith, may think he's put an end to the noise, but he has no idea what he's...
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Harlequin presents volume 3704
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"Lysandros Drakakis always gets what he wants, and he's never stopped wanting beautiful pianist Rio Armstrong! A fake engagement to please his family is the perfect opportunity to uncover the reason why she walked away from their powerful connection... and to indulge their still-sizzling desire under the Mediterranean sun. But Rio's heartbreaking revelation changes the stakes -- he's given her his ring, now Lysandros finds himself wanting to give...
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Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Steven Soderbergh and executive produced by Jerry Weintraub, this HBO Films drama recreates the glittering private world of Liberace, the flamboyant, phenomenally successful entertainer whose extravagant costumes, trademark candelabra, and elaborate stage shows made him the most bankable entertainer of his time.
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Criterion collection volume 60
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After having neglected her children for many years, world famous pianist Charlotte visits her grown daughter Eva in her home. To her surprise she finds her other daughter, Helena, there as well. Helena is mentally disabled, and Eva has taken Helena out of the institution where their mother had placed her. The tension between Charlotte and Eva only builds up slowly, until a nightly conversation releases all the things they have wanted to tell each...
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Alicia de Larrocha es considerada una de las mejores pianistas de todos los tiempos. Su pasión por la música comenzó muy temprano. Dio su primer recital a la edad de cinco años e hizo su debut a los doce años en Madrid. Su carrera, que la llevó a tocar en las mejores salas de teatro del mundo, fue vertiginosa, dando más de cien conciertos al año. A pesar de los innumerables premios que recibió, siguió siendo una persona humilde que dedicó...
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"Piano prodigy Claire Fairchild, 14, has always known music would be her life. So when she has the opportunity to enter a prestigious contest, she goes all in--until she realizes she's also competing against Juan, a close childhood friend and one of the most talented musicians she knows. It doesn't help that her thoughts about him are turning romantic. When Claire and her family receive a devastating blow from Batten disease her world enters a tailspin....
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A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
La La Land (PG-13) (2016) (128 min.): A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. This original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing dreams.
Sweeney Todd (R) (2007) (116 min.): Based on the award-winning musical, this is the story of a man who was unjustly sent to prison and now, with the help of his diabolical meat-pie-making...
293) The red piano
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Examines the life of the renowned pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei, who grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution.
294) Grand piano
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Tom Selznick, the most talented pianist of his generation, stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Years after a catastrophic performance, he reappears in public in a long awaited concert in Chicago. In a packed theater, in front of the expectant audience, Tom finds a message written on the score: Play one wrong note and you die. Without leaving the piano, Tom must discover the anonymous sniper₂s motives and look for help without...
298) Music stalker
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Kayla Covo is a child piano prodigy. In mid-1970's New York City, she vaults to fame, holding audiences in awe with her uncanny musical ability and warm smile. But deep within her lie the seeds of destruction: the paranoid fear of being stalked by a murderous fan. The Music Stalker closely examines how genius and love might survive in a close-knit family torn by trauma, insanity, and jealousy.
299) 1921
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"Ayush, a pianist, moves to London from India to learn music. The mansion he stays in has a haunted past and soon enough strage events start happening around him, threatening to engulf his entire life. That's when he meets Rose, a ghost whisperer, who is hell-bent on saving Ayush from whatever evil lurks around him"--Container.
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"Hazel Scott said, "Why would anyone come to hear me . . . and refuse to sit next to someone like me," before walking away and refusing to play for a segregated audience in Austin, Texas. Wherever she went, Hazel was fearless in her pursuit of justice, and she refused to compromise when it came to the principles she lived by. We invite you to learn more about this "Change Maker" and the enduring impact she had on race relations through her engagement...
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