Worth Repeating: Ethan Hawke Reintroduces 86-Year-Old Pianist Seymour Bernstein

“Worth Repeating” is a weekly feature on the EngAGE Blog that will bring you previous posts that we think are still timely, interesting, or just plain fun! From 4/5/15:

WORTH-REPEATINGEthan Hawke might strike you as an unlikely guide to classical music. But in directing his first documentary, Seymour: An Introduction, he created an intriguing and ultimately profoundly moving tribute to a largely unknown artist, 86-year-old pianist Seymour Bernstein. . . . This isn’t only a film for piano fans, though. Bernstein’s deep humanity, sagacity, and wit come shining through in this tender and loving portrait. Borrowing the title of a J.D. Salinger short story for this project, Hawke illuminates Bernstein as an artist and teacher whose wisdom reaches far beyond the confines of classical music.” More here, and a New Yorker review of the film here (see the film first!).

 

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