Clara Haskil, la pianiste roumaine et suisse décédée tragiquement en 1960, reste aujourd'hui une interprète profondément moderne alors qu'elle gérait sa carrière à l'ancienne et avec une grande humilité. Son jeu simple, naturel, fluide, si poétique n'a pas pris une ride et demeure la référence du Concours de Vevey qui porte son nom.
The film tells the story of the incredible fate of pianist Clara Haskil. She was celebrated very early as a prodigy. At the tender age of five, she was sent by her family from Bucharest to Vienna, and later, under the care of her strict uncle, to Paris to continue her studies. She will suffer from chronic health issues, survive two world wars, anti-Semitism, before having to go into exile in Vevey, Switzerland. That’s where she found the proper support, in the early fifties, to begin the career she deserved for so long, world fame and undeniable recognition.
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