Olinda Allessandrini

2004

Audiovisual direction of video album in medium-length format. The project brings together 14 video clips of pianist Olinda Allessandrini interpreting the music of Brazilian, Argentine and Uruguayan composers, inspired by the region's folk culture. The performances dialogue with scenes recorded by the director and team on a road trip along the border between Brazil and Uruguay.  Performing a selection of works by Brazilian, Uruguayan and Argentine composers, the pianist invites you to a poetic dive into the Pampeira region, whose common culture blurs the borders of the countries in the extreme south of the Americas. Visual essays on the land, man and his work interact with an exclusive piano repertoire, reinterpreting local traditions and proposing a contemporary experience of music and image.  Wide, limitless landscapes; dresses and boots, country stores; literary quotations in the voice of poet Nelson Coelho de Castro; Olinda's reflections on the universe of the piano – all the strength and lyricism of a local music without borders.

Watch all the clips here.