![]() What is the release date for Chevalier?Ĭhevalier had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September and is set to land in UK and US cinemas on 7 April 2023. trained with American violinist and on-set coach Ronald Long, who has played with major UK orchestras including the London Philharmonic and Chineke! Orchestra. To deliver a convincing performance as a violin virtuoso, Harrison Jr. ![]() The score will contain music written by Boulogne, which consists as far as we know of three sets of string quartets, two symphonies, eight symphonie-concertantes, six operas comiques, three violin sonatas and 14 violin concertos, with many more likely lost during the French Revolution. The original score comes from Kris Bowers, whose previous work has included the soundtracks for Netflix period drama Bridgerton and 2018 Academy Award winner Green Book, in which he also played Mahershala Ali’s piano hand double in some scenes. Read more: First look at Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in Netflix biopic ‘Maestro ’ Who has composed the soundtrack and what music will feature?Ĭhevalier follows the story of a forgotten artist whose musical aptitude delighted 18th-century French society, but whose music has only in recent years begun to reappear in the classical canon and be performed by the world’s orchestras. The film is directed by Jamaican-Canadian director Stephen Williams ( Westworld), and scripted by Emmy-nominated screenwriter Stefani Robinson ( What We Do in the Shadows). Other cast members include Lucy Boynton (Marie Antoinette), Samara Weaving (Marie-Josephine), Alex Fitzalan (Philippe) and Hollywood royalty, Minnie Driver (Marie-Madeleine Guimard). When the first film trailer was published in November by US production company Searchlight Pictures, it had millions of views in its first 24 hours with many praising Harrison Jr.’s performance. But once he discovers his class’ musical capabilities, he encouraged them to compete for the Battle of the Bands. ![]() ( Cyrano, 12 Years a Slave) stars as Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. When Dewey Finn ( Jack Black) begrudgingly pretends to be a substitute teacher for a prestigious school, he slacks off his homeroom duties. ![]() Poster for 'Chevalier' based on the true story of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Read more: Angelina Jolie to play legendary opera star Maria Callas in new biopic ‘Maria’ Harrison Jr is heard saying as Boulogne in the trailer, “I realised the more I excelled, the less I was alone”.Ĭhevlier was originally penned the ‘Black Mozart’ biopic, a controversial nickname attributed to Boulogne’s musical prodigy, as well as popular theory that Mozart swiped Chevalier’s musical ideas. “I was always at home,” she explained, “so we started playing with a small keyboard, in order to do something stimulating.He became a music teacher in the court of Marie Antoinette (pictured in the trailer above), who in the biopic promotes Boulogne to the title of Chevalier. It gave them the time to explore music together. RELATED: A Bus Driver Made a Music Video to Show His Family in India What He Did for Work – He Didn’t Expect It to Make Him a Worldwide SensationĪlessia Cingolani, Alberto’s mother, said the boy started showing serious interest in the piano during the first Covid lockdown. Both of the boy’s parents graduated from conservatories of music. He comes by his love for music honestly, more specifically, from a musical family who started Alberto’s training at the piano at just three years old. Commenters likened Alberto to the musician whose composition he was playing and called him a prodigy.Īt an age when most kids are struggling to learn the names of the notes and even how to sit at the piano and place their fingers on the keyboard, this young man is interpreting compositions that that only the best mature musicians ever attempt. When a video of Alberto playing at an international music competition was posted on Twitter and Facebook, it quickly went viral with over 200,000 reactions, 15,000 comments, and nearly 6 million views.
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