John Legend
Dream realized during La La Land show in Australia. All because the pianist felt ill during the break.
La La Landstarring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, is a film that pays homage to Hollywood and the dream of being successful on the silver screen. No one imagined that an artistic dream would come true during a music show. La La Land em Darling Harbor Theatre, Sidney.
The event in Australia was running normally until the break. But the break didn’t just last 20 minutes. 40 minutes passed and everyone realized that something was wrong backstage.
O pianist felt bad at halftime. I was in no condition to return to the stage.
And now?
Between phone calls and messages, no one could be found.
Then, conductor Justin Hurwitz remembered appearing on stage and asking the audience: “Is there a pianist in the room?“.Preferably high level.
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Sterling Nasa, Driven by his friend Scarlet, he raised his hand and off he went. Applauded.
He took his place at an electronic piano in the orchestra, understandably nervous. With agendas ahead that I had never seen before.
The concert went on there, until the big test: a solo, composed by John Legend, for a specific part of the film, where the notes try to follow actor Ryan Gosling’s frantic movements on screen.
“I saw it in the score and thought: ‘Wow, I don’t know if I’ll be able to read this the first time’”, admits the improvised pianist, quoted in .
“I took a little creative freedom and decided improvise, which I think turned out to be a good choice”, he continued.
O maestro it was left surrendered. So did the 2,500 people present in the auditorium.
After the concert, and during a handshake, maestro Hurwitz confessed that his head was “spinning”.
“Yes, it was a gamble – but it was worth it.”
