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Lang Lang plays piano in Beijing, 2020

‘We’re not numbers, we’re humans’ – pianist Lang Lang on the need for music education and opportunity

Lang Lang

Young pianist Elisey Mysin

7-year-old pianist mesmerises with virtuosic and heartfelt Chopin on live TV

An airport pianist earned $60k in tips after a stranger posted his playing to Instagram

An airport pianist earned $60k in tips after a stranger posted his playing to Instagram

Mozart Rondo alla Turca on two pianos

Mozart has been awfully quiet since this pianist fired out ‘Rondo alla Turca’ on two pianos at once

Mozart

The Alexander Piano

This 19-foot piano has the longest bass strings in the world – and it sounds huge

Colette Maze: "The piano is always faithful"

Watch inspiring 107-year-old pianist Colette Maze, who has played for more than a century

Pianist Christian Blandford

Shy 15-year-old pianist surprises an entire airport with virtuosic Beethoven

Beethoven

Pianist seamlessly plays rag as sections of his keyboard are removed one-by-one

Pianist seamlessly plays rag as sections of his keyboard are removed one by one

Pianist Martha Argerich

Martha Argerich: 11 stunning photos of the great pianist

Martha Argerich

People are inventing playable ‘bathroom pianos’ and we have questions

People are inventing playable ‘bathroom pianos’ and we have questions

85-year-old viral TikTok pianist who is raising money for cancer charity has been diagnosed with the disease himself

‘Piano grandad’ lifting TikTok’s spirits by playing in wife’s memory is diagnosed with cancer

Comic piano genius Victor Borge blends Beethoven with 'Happy Birthday'

Comic piano virtuoso Victor Borge seamlessly weaves ‘Happy Birthday’ into Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata

Beethoven

Will Bill Bailey enter Eurovision? Inside the Strictly star’s classical music and piano training

Will Bill Bailey enter Eurovision? Inside the Strictly star’s classical music and piano training

Pop singers who were classically trained

16 pop singers you probably didn’t know were classically trained

Patrizio Ratto on America’s Got Talent

Pianist stuns America’s Got Talent judges by turning Beethoven into a robotic breakdance fantasy

All the Einaudi music used in Nomadland

Nomadland soundtrack: every Einaudi track used in the Chloé Zhao film

Einaudi

Maple Leaf Rag was Scott Joplin’s biggest hit in his lifetime

7 brilliant rags and pieces by Scott Joplin that you should know

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'The Wellerman', but it's ragtime

Pianist gives viral sea shanty ‘The Wellerman’ a ragtime spin and it’s wonderful