Grammy-nominated pianist and storyteller Mona Golabek shares the gripping tale of a young girl who holds on to her music in order to stay alive.
In Vienna, 1938, a 14 year old piano prodigy finds her dreams of becoming a concert pianist threatened by the looming war in Europe. When her parents buy her a one way ticket to England on the Kindertransport, the< children’s survival train, an amazing story of art preserving life begins... In this mesmerizing theatrical event, Mona Golabek is both actress and pianist. She tells this incomparable story while caressing the concert grand piano that is center stage with the music of Grieg, Chopin, Beethoven, Debussy, Bach and even a little Gershwin. The world class artist Hershey Felder adapts and directs this tour de force in an elegantly beautiful production.
The Pianist of Willesden Lane is a tale told deep from the heart about the power of music to heal and sustain the soul.
Videos
Wish You Were Here
South Coast Repertory's Julianne Argyros Stage (1/12 - 2/2) | ||
Cody Fry with Orchestra
Walt Disney Concert Hall (1/10 - 1/10) | ||
Jingle All the Way, a Holiday Jubilee
P3 Theatre Company (12/21 - 12/21) | ||
Arturo Sandoval: Swinging Holiday - Deck the Hall Holiday Concerts
Walt Disney Concert Hall (12/23 - 12/23) | ||
Batiashvili Plays Beethoven
Walt Disney Concert Hall (1/3 - 1/5) | ||
New Year's Eve with D-Nice & Friends
Walt Disney Concert Hall (12/31 - 12/31) | ||
123 Andrés
Lovelace Studio Theater at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (1/26 - 1/26) | ||
Batsheva Dance Company
The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (2/14 - 2/16) | ||
Chamber Music & Wine: Mozart, Shaw & Schumann
Walt Disney Concert Hall (5/20 - 5/20) | ||
The Diary of Anne Frank
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (2/19 - 2/20) | ||
Tchaikovsky & The Mermaid
Walt Disney Concert Hall (2/7 - 2/9) | ||
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