The project

Silent films accompanied live on solo piano, with original music improvised to the images. The language is a wide mix: from stride piano to 19th-century classical music, from the 20th-century avant-garde to jazz, and beyond.

In 2023 Andrea Goretti was selected for the international masterclasses of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto in Pordenone, studying with Donald Sosin, Philip Carli, Gabriel Thibaudeau, Daan van den Hurk and Günter Buchwald. Besides Pordenone, he has performed at the Istanbul Silent Film Days and at the Axiothea Festival of the University of Cyprus.

Repertoire

• L’Inferno (Milano Films, 1911)
• Tamilla (Muhsin Ertuğrul, 1924)
• The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1920)
• Abwege (G.W. Pabst, 1928)
• 1920s avant-garde: Dulac, Duchamp, Léger, Delaunay
• Early Italian Silent Shorts (1912–1913) – In pasto ai leoni, Nelly la domatrice, La signora dall’eterno sorriso, Kri Kri fuma l’oppio
• Christmas silent films: early Christmas shorts – A Trap for Santa (1909), A Christmas Carol (1910), Santa Claus vs. Cupid (1915), Santa Claus (1925) and more