Movie

Nelson Freire (2003)

• May 2, 2003
• 1h 42m

• Documentary
• Music

“Nelson Freire Piano”

Overview

João Moreira Salles' "Nelson Freire" is a film-documentary about the great Brazilian pianist, who is certainly among the five great pianists of the world today. Nelson Freire is a quite discreet / shy person and João Salles respected this feature of his personality. During almost two years he followed the pianist around the world to compose a film, made of 31 thematic sections to cover the many aspects of the life of this genius of the piano.

Director

João Moreira Salles

Writers

Flávio Pinheiro, João Moreira Salles, Felipe Lacerda

Starring

Nelson Freire, Martha Argerich