Tom Selznick, the most talented pianist of his generation, stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Years after a catastrophic performance, he reappears in public in a long awaited concert in Chicago. Just moments after starting his performance in the packed theater, in front of an expectant audience, Tom finds a threatening message written on the score: 'Play one wrong note and you die'. Without leaving the piano, Tom must discover the anonymous sniper's motives and look for help without anyone realizing.
Keywords: anxiety , cat-and-mouse , chicago-illinois , concert-pianist , famous-actress , in-memoriam , live-musical-performance , live-performance , married-man , philharmonic-orchestra , pianist , playing-piano , sniper , stage-fright , stage-performance , threat-of-death