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Book of Life Concerto

Lisa Swerdlow | Budapest Scoring Orchestra

Best Music Film

Live

Short Film - 15:35

Book of Life Concerto is a three-movement concerto for piano and orchestra by composer Lisa Swerdlow, recorded with the Budapest Scoring Orchestra in Budapest, Hungary.

The concerto unfolds in three chapters - Possibilities, Disappointments, and Discoveries - experiences that return throughout our lives.

Chapter One

Possibilities

From our earliest years we are filled with the belief that anything is possible, just follow our dreams.

Chapter Two

Disappointments

With hopes and expectations comes disappointments. These are the times that try our souls.

Chapter Three

Discoveries

So what’s next? This is the question that beckons us to explore throughout our lives.

Reviews

This is Lisa Swerdlow’s magnum opus. It’s a masterpiece. Astonishingly beautiful in every way.

- Dyan Garris, New Age Notes

The Book of Life Concerto resonated with me on a deeply personal level, as if it were the soundtrack of my own life.

Chapter One

Budapest Scoring Orchestra

Conductor

Péter Illényi

Piano

Marouan Benabdallah

Orchestrated, Mixed & Mastered by

Doug Hammer

Produced by

Lisa Swerdlow

Lisa Swerdlow

Jay L. Isaacson