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They Came to Play
2008-01-0191 minUnited States
Amateurisjustawordwhenappliedtotheseventy-fivepassionateartistscompetingintheVanCliburnFoundation’sInternationalPianoCompetitionforOutstandingAmateurs,heldeveryfouryearsinFortWorth,Texas.Emotionsrunhighastheindividualstoriesofastonishinglydiversecontestantsunfoldinthebackgroundwhileperformancesofbreathtakingvirtuosityholdthestage.Lifelongdreamscometrue,ornot,asdirectorRotarucapturesthebeauty,thepain,andthehard-wontriumphinthisexhilaratingandinspiringdocumentary.It’safeastfortheearsforanymusiclover--composersrepresentedincludeDebussy,Beethoven,Schumann,Schubert,Cimarosa,Glinka,Sgambatti,Barber,Alkan,andmore.DigiBetavideo.
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