EXPLAINED · ARE ÉTUDES NECESSARY?

EXPLAINED · ARE ÉTUDES NECESSARY?

EXPLAINED · ARE ÉTUDES NECESSARY?

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Boris Giltburg answers the question: Are Études necessary?

directed by Stephan Aubé
image · Franck Tusolini
edited by Sarah Levine
sound production, engineering and mix · Clémence Fabre
camera · Franck Tusolini and Stephan Aubé
AV coordinator · Ole Frederiksen and Morten L. Jensen
librarian · Sidse Buck
photos · Ritzau Scanpix
produced by Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
artistic producer · Lars Fenger
executive producer · Stephan Aubé
filmed and recorded at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Musical extracts
Carl Czerny – 100 Easy Studies for piano op. 139, No. 3
Carl Czerny - Art of Finger Dexterity Op.740, No. 17
Franz Liszt - Transcendental Études S.139: IV (Mazeppa)
Frederic Chopin - Étude Op. 10, No. 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Études-Tableaux, Op. 39, No. 9
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