New York Magazine

The Pianist

The Pianist is based on the memoirs of Polish musician Wladyslaw Szpilman, who survived the Warsaw ghetto, and it’s Roman Polanski’s strongest and most personally felt movie. This should not come as a ...
Men's Journal

2002 Film Named Among the Best World War 2 Movies Ever – and Trouble Almost Sank It

The Pianist is the heart-wrenching tale of the horrors of the Holocaust told through the eyes of a Jewish musician who is trapped in the Warsaw Ghetto. Adrien Brody would win the Academy Award for ...
Newsday

Janusz Olejniczak, who played the piano parts in Oscar-winning movie 'The Pianist,' dies at 72

WARSAW, Poland — Polish musician and teacher Janusz Olejniczak, who played the piano parts in the 2002 Oscar-winning movie “The Pianist,” has died at the age of 72, his family said Monday. The ...
The Cheat Sheet

Adrien Brody Said ‘The Pianist’ Sent Him Into a Deep Depression

In 2002, famed director Roman Polanski delivered a haunting tale of a Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman. The musician lived in Nazi-occupied Germany where the rest of his family had all been killed.
The New York Times

Martha Argerich, the Elusive, Enigmatic ‘Goddess’ of the Piano

Performances in N.Y.C. At 83, the Argentine-Swiss pianist is at the peak of her powers. But she doesn’t want to talk about it. “I want to hide.” Argerich in Basel, Switzerland.Credit...Mischa Christen ...