FILM SCREENING -  Pianist. Composer. Spy. Wim Statius Muller graduated from New York’s Juilliard School of Music as a classically trained pianist only to embark on a 35-year career in espionage before retiring as NATO’s Chief-of-Counter-Intelligence in 1995. One of the Caribbean’s greatest unsung pianist-composers, Statius Muller’s Antillean Dances—a collection of Curaçao waltzes, mazurkas and tumbas—stand at the pinnacle of traditional Curaçaoan music.

 

With Film Director Alaric Smeets and Pianist Alexander Kraft Van Ermel.  Presented in partnership with BIFF.  

 

 

PIANO CONCERT & PRESENTATION:  A piano concert and presentation in conjunction with the Saturday evening screening of the documentary film Nostalgia: The Music of Wim Statius Muller.”  Alexander Kraft Van Ermel, Statius Muller’s grandson, is the world’s most renowned interpreter of this original body of music.    The evening will start with a brief introduction of his grandfather’s works and how they are influenced by Chopin, followed by a performance of selections by Chopin and from the Antillean Waltzes.  Don’t miss this unique opportunity to explore this little known, but charming and elegant, body of original music from the Caribbean Lesser Antilles.  Our complimentary wine service will take place at the end of the performance along with a brief Meet & Greet with Alexander Kraft Van Ermel and Alaric Smeets, film director.