Maps of Movies

The Piano Teacher (2001)

Where The Piano Teacher says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Vienna's concert hall is real; Erika's bathroom, home and the sex shop were built on a set.

Scenes and places

The recital where Erika meets Walter (2001)

Erika, the conservatory's severe piano professor, attends a recital at the Blonskij home. A young engineer named Walter, who also plays piano, approaches her and praises her playing.

Set in The Blonskij home recital — A private recital hosted by the Blonskij couple in Vienna.

Private salon concert in Vienna; the film gives no named venue.

The conservatory audition and the coatroom (2001)

Walter plays for the panel and impresses it, yet Erika votes against him. He is admitted anyway, and Erika, watching him with another pupil, goes alone to an empty coatroom and does something that will keep that pupil from playing.

Set in Vienna Music Conservatory — The conservatory where Erika teaches and Walter auditions.

The conservatory interiors were shot in the Konzerthaus and Akademietheater building, according to one location article.

Filmed at Wiener Konzerthaus and Akademietheater building, Lothringerstrasse, Vienna — Cited as the building used for the Vienna conservatoire in the film. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The apartment Erika shares with her mother (2001)

At home Erika answers to her domineering mother, who watches her every move. Walter follows her there and is let in, and Erika hands him a letter she wants him to read.

Set in The Kohut apartment — The small Vienna flat where Erika lives with her mother.

Apartment interior in Vienna; the location article describes it as a set.

The ice rink after hockey practice (2001)

Erika waits for Walter after his hockey practice to apologise. In a closet at the rink she tries to take on the role she wrote in her letter, and it goes wrong.

Set in The ice rink — An ice rink where Walter plays hockey.

Rink next to the Konzerthaus per one article; name and coordinates unconfirmed.

The concert hall (2001)

On the day of the concert Erika arrives to play in place of her injured pupil. Walter walks in laughing with his family, and the evening unfolds in the hall.

Set in The concert hall — The hall where the jubilee concert is held.

Concert hall in the film; shot at the Wiener Konzerthaus.

Filmed at Wiener Konzerthaus, Lothringerstrasse 20, Vienna — Named as the concert hall in the film's final scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Characters

• Erika Kohut — A piano professor at the Vienna Music Conservatory who lives with her domineering mother.
• Walter Klemmer — A young aspiring engineer who also plays piano and wants to be Erika's pupil.