Composer, pianist, improviser and accomplished virtuoso, Jean-Francois Zygel presents - and helps us understand - the great orchestral works of the classical repertoire.

While seated at his piano and accompanied by the orchestra, he brings the key elements of these works within easy reach of the audience. How to appreciate the orchestra and the work itself? How to grasp the ideas of the composer or recognize an orchestral structure?
Through musical excerpts or orchestral movements, he explains, breaks down and reveals the secrets of a work with enjoyment and a sense of humour akin to a certain Leonard Bernstein….


The films:
ANTON DVORAK: SYMPHONY no. 9 - FROM THE NEW WORLD
FRANZ SCHUBERT - WINTERREISE
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY n°6 - PASTORAL SYMPHONY
MAURICE RAVEL - LE BOLERO
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Music Lesson