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Fifty Shades of Grey. Chopin. Op 28 Prelude No. 4 (Suffocation). (Photos by Pianopod)

Sunday, February 10th, 2013

This piece of music was featured in the book “Fifty Shades of Grey” by EL James. We must be eternally grateful to Miss James for introducing millions of readers to the beautiful music of Chopin. I took these photos in a forest in Gougane Barra, West Cork, Ireland. This piece was also featured in the movie “The Notebook” (2004), a romantic drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes, based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks. The movie stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams as a young couple who fall in love during the early 1940s. Their story is narrated from the present day by an elderly man played by James Garner, telling the tale to a fellow nursing home resident, played by Gena Rowlands. Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams won the MTV award for the “Best Kiss” for one of the scenes in the movie. Sergio Tiempo (born February 24, 1972) is a Venezuelan-Argentine classical pianist. He has studied under some of the best known pianists. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Sergio Tiempo began playing the piano as at an early age. His first teacher was his mother, Lyl Tiempo, who began teaching him before he turned three. He achieved early acclaim by appearing on Argentine television when he was four years old and gave concerts in London and France at age seven. In 1980, at age eight, he received special recognition at the Ealing Music Festival. In 1986, he was awarded the Alex De Vries prize. That same year, a live recording of his performance at his Concertgebouw recital was
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