EXPLAINED · BLACK & WHITE KEYS

Boris Giltburg answers the question: Why keyboards have black and white keys?

directed by Stephan Aubé
image · Prune Brenguier
edited by Sarah J. Levine
sound production, engineering and mix · Tullio Rizzato
camera · Prune Brenguier and Jules Boudon Chambre
assistant director · Marjorie Marramaque
AV coordinator · Ole Frederiksen and Morten L. Jensen
librarian · Grethe Røndal Christensen
photos · Ritzau Scanpix & Royal College of music / Arenapal
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 extract: Frederic Chopin · Etude Op.10 No.5

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