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	TITLE: Set The Piano Stool on Fire
	Director: Mark Kidel Genre: Documentary Format: Digi Beta 16:9 Composer: Contributors: Afred Brendel, Kit Armstrong Company: Calliope Media Runtime: 56 & 76 minutes. ID: 5.

SYNOPSIS

Alfred Brendel's only piano pupil is the young prodigy Kit Armstrong, an extraordinary 18 year-old Chinese American. And this film explores in intimate detail the transmission of a master’s experience to an exceptionally gifted apprentice. Through focusing on the relationship, the film reveals hitherto hidden aspects of Alfred Brendel’s character – a notoriously private man. Kit’s eccentricity and genius have a way of bringing Alfred out of his shell as well as highlighting his idio-syncrasies.