Piano Lessons

Piano Lessons Synopsis

“Piano Lessons” is a feature-length documentary which tells the story of the “underground hero”, German Diez Nieto, pianist and pedagogue, an under-discussed cultural hero of Western society, whose teaching touched and informed generations of musicians. The documentary tells the story of his compelling life, and in doing so, bears witness to the importance of Diez’s legacy: a tradition of music making passed down from Beethoven, through Czerny, Liszt and Arrau, directly to German.

Piano Lessons is a documentary and music film directed by Antongiulio Panizzi with a runtime of 54m. It stars German Diez Nieto, Erika Nickrenz, Bennett Lerner and Joan Tower.