The Story of a Grand Piano
10 hrs. 31 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Jener Ramon
Author
Jener Ramon
Narrator
Ilya Slanevsky
Narrator
Ilya Slanevsky
Description
In 1915, in the midst of World War I, a woman from Magdeburg bought for her talented pianist son the most wonderful grand piano. The instrument remained sad, because the son was never able to play on it.
A hundred years passed. Ramon Giner, a writer and the main character, acquired this marvelous piano from a mysterious custodian, who warned him about its uniqueness and then soon disappeared. A few years later, a secret was discovered inside the piano—one that became the beginning of Giner’s journey into the past.
Ramon Giner, a musician, famous lecturer, and host, dedicated his entire life to telling stories about music. His first novel, “The Story of a Grand Piano,” quickly became popular, was translated into many languages, and brought the author the prestigious Catalan literary award Ramon Llull.
“The Story of a Grand Piano” is a narrative about the 20th century—about the people connected to this instrument, which still remains with the author. “Where reality couldn’t quite reach, I had to fill in with fiction—but it’s also based on real events,” Giner explains. In the piano’s story, two world wars, death and memory, guilt and redemption, disasters and beauty are reflected—but above all, music.
This is a tale of the highest magic, based on real events—about how music can console, give courage and strength, broaden horizons, erase boundaries, and—if it doesn’t stop wars, then at least for a moment create a beautiful fragile world.
A hundred years passed. Ramon Giner, a writer and the main character, acquired this marvelous piano from a mysterious custodian, who warned him about its uniqueness and then soon disappeared. A few years later, a secret was discovered inside the piano—one that became the beginning of Giner’s journey into the past.
Ramon Giner, a musician, famous lecturer, and host, dedicated his entire life to telling stories about music. His first novel, “The Story of a Grand Piano,” quickly became popular, was translated into many languages, and brought the author the prestigious Catalan literary award Ramon Llull.
“The Story of a Grand Piano” is a narrative about the 20th century—about the people connected to this instrument, which still remains with the author. “Where reality couldn’t quite reach, I had to fill in with fiction—but it’s also based on real events,” Giner explains. In the piano’s story, two world wars, death and memory, guilt and redemption, disasters and beauty are reflected—but above all, music.
This is a tale of the highest magic, based on real events—about how music can console, give courage and strength, broaden horizons, erase boundaries, and—if it doesn’t stop wars, then at least for a moment create a beautiful fragile world.
