Irene Taylor Brodsky's 'Moonlight Sonata' follows her deaf son's attempt to learn Beethoven's famous piano composition. By John DeFore Not the kind of documentary a person likes to admit having hated, ...

In Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements, documentary filmmaker gives a multigenerational exploration of a family living with deafness. The film is a continuation to her 2007 Sundance ...

Anyone who has had a child give a piano recital, or has played in one, knows the exquisite terror involved. Now imagine the performer is deaf. “Moonlight Sonata ...

It has been recorded by everyone from Geza Anda to Dieter Zechlin. Forward-looking, iconoclastic modern pianists record it; so do classicists, and big-name stars give it a try. With more than 80 ...

After debuting at Sundance and making its way through the festival circuit, HBO Documentary Films’ “Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements” will get a theatrical release in September. The film ...

Twelve years after filmmaker Irene Taylor Broadsky documented her how her parents live with deafness in the Peabody-winning documentary Hear And Now, she returns to her family for her new documentary.

Irene Taylor Brodsky makes a documentary about her son, her father and a master composer. By Teo Bugbee When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an ...

The humble ‘Happy Birthday’ has gained its very own Beethoven variations, thanks to musical comedy legend Victor Borge. Victor Borge was a Danish musical comedian and trained concert pianist, who so ...

Warning: This article contains spoilers. When Beethoven composed the “Moonlight Sonata” in the summer of 1801 in Hungary, he did it for his young student whom he loved, 17-year-old Countess Giulietta ...