Step inside one of the most competitive conservatories in the world, where the allure of fame, money, and the pressure to achieve a concert career push a group of young pianists to the brink - testing friendship, love, and their sense of community. Andreas Goodman, desperately needing success on the competition circuit, heads to Oberlin to study with Olga Primakova - herself a major competition winner - who he thinks will bring him that success. The experiences he finds there will change him forever.