Sophie wisely takes her piano lesson. But her teacher doesn't tolerate weakness on the part of her students, nor does she appreciate Sophie's unorthodox approach to the instrument. So the little virtuoso turns into a creature from hell, mischievious and belligerant, trying everything she can to upset and discourage her teacher, who has no way to escape.
Sophie wisely takes her piano lesson. But her teacher doesn't tolerate weakness on the part of her students, nor does she appreciate Sophie's unorthodox approach to the instrument. So the little virtuoso turns into a creature from hell, mischievious and belligerant, trying everything she can to upset and discourage her teacher, who has no way to escape.
Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
After marrying her long lost love, a pianist finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.
After an attack renders her blind, Ellen withdraws from the world to recover. But soon she plunges into paranoia, unable to convince anyone that her assailant has returned to terrorize her by hiding in plain sight.
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student.
When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate.
A wanna-be concert pianist spends his days making a living by collecting debts for his Mafioso father, a lifestyle that could eventually ruin his dreams of a musical career.
After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.
Mélanie Prouvost, a ten-year-old butcher's daughter, is a gifted pianist. That is why she and her parents decide that she sit for the Conservatory entrance exam. Although Mélanie is very likely to be admitted, she unfortunately gets distracted by the president of the jury's offhand attitude and she fails. Ten years later, Mélanie becomes her page turner, waiting patiently for her revenge.
The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Joseph Bologne rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair and a falling out with Marie Antoinette and her court.