The rise to fame of young Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin has seldom been equalled in the classical music world. Celebrated film-maker Christopher Nupen's film shows Kissin in preparation, interview, rehearsal and in several dazzling performances shot live on stage, in true concert conditions, where this artist is undoubtedly at his best.
        It contains footage from Kissin's memorable BBC Proms concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1997, the first solo recital in the history of the Proms. It also includes sequences with Kissin's mentor from the age of six, Anna Pavlona Kantor, who has become like a member of his family, and remains a guiding friend to this day.
        The following pieces are played by Evgeny Kissin in this documentary:
        Liszt - Transcendental Etude No. 10 in F minor
        Gluck - Orfeo Euridice
        Beethoven - ecossaise
        Haydn - Sonata No. 16 in E-flat Major
        Liszt - Nocturne No. 3
        Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C minor
        Chopin - Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2
        Chopin - Sonata No. 3 in B-flat minor
        Beethoven -- Turkish March
        Chopin - Grand Waltz in A major
        Paganini/Liszt -- La Campanella
        Schubert - Moment Musical in F minor
        Beethoven - Rondo a Capriccio
        Chopin - Mazurka in A minor No. 4
        Chopin -- Waltz No.14 in E minor