Documentary premiere and launch of the CD
In 1818 Beethoven received a Broadwood piano: he remained attached to it until the end of his life. But those years coincided with his increased deafness. In 1820, a solution came in the form of a gigantic Gehörmaschine, commissioned from the piano builder André Stein, who in turn enlisted the skills of a local tinsmith.
Tom Beghin surrounded himself with a team of specialists to reconstruct Beethoven’s private multi-sensory laboratory. Through a 52-minute film-documentary, the team explains how Beethoven “deafly composed” at his English piano - hearing, seeing, but mostly feeling the vibrations of his beloved instrument.
More info: www.insidethehearingmachine.com
(Photos: Pieter Peeters)
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Deadline: 3 October 2017
