The great composer never played his "Ballade in G minor" in public, but world-renowned pianist Leif Ove Andsnes set out to perform it as well as tracking Grieg`s movements all over Europe. Making the documentary even involved helicoptering a piano to an 1800m-high mountain top. Leif Ove Andsnes, is studying the original score of the "Ballade in G minor" – in Grieg’s handwriting. Andsnes is intrigued by what he sees in the original score, and decides to study the work and perform it in concert.
Golden Prague Festival
Since its inception in 1964 the International Television Festival Golden Prague, organised by Czech Television, has become the world's most important television festival dedicated to music and dance on television. It ranks among the oldest and most renowned events of its kind: among television festivals, only Prix Italia (founded in 1949), Monte Carlo and Montreux festivals (both founded in 1961) can boast a longer tradition.
Today the ITF Golden Prague is a unique and prestigious showcase of TV production, presenting the world's best music and dance programmes of all musical genres. It has become a place of inspiring meetings for programme-makers, producers, experts and the general public, a place where you can discover, compare and see in competition the best of what has been produced in the field of music and dance programmes. For the first time this year, the festival is open to high-quality programmes of all musical genres, i.e. not only classical music, but also rock, pop and world music. The festival's popularity is ever-increasing: last year it welcomed 600 accredited guests from 24 countries all over the world.