Esther Kahn [SEP] director
Esther Kahn
Esther Kahn is the first English-language film by the French director Arnaud Desplechin. It premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival but was not distributed to the United States for two years until it played in New York City in 2002. Deplechin adapted the screenplay with regular collaborator Emmanuel Bourdieu from a short story by Arthur Symons of the same name from his book "Spiritual Adventures". It stars Summer Phoenix as Esther and Ian Holm as her friend and teacher, Nathan Quellen.
Cast.
- Summer
recording with short miniatures for piano entitled "The Short Liszt" to a critical acclaim. He is the director of the AASMA Piano Summer Academy in Archanes Crete, Greece. In 2013 was appointed lecturer at  Boston University College of Fine Arts.
Achievements.
- 1996 Rachmaninoff Piano Competition in Moscow
- 2000 Barber Foundation Achievement Award
- First pianist to receive the Yannis Vardinoyannis Award
- Esther & Albert Kahn Award.
References.
- New England Conservatory Faculty Profiles
- Musipedia (in Greek)