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This old piano was being dumped, so this guy gave it one last play… using a backhoe digger.

An old piano was being dumped, so this guy gave it one last play… using a backhoe digger.

Princess Diana plays Rachmaninov

The time Princess Diana casually sat at a piano and played Rachmaninov

Watch Alicia Keys make ‘musical art’ with just a piano

Alicia Keys impressively paints a canvas just by playing the piano

Prince William and Prince Harry play the piano as toddlers

Prince William and Prince Harry playing the piano as toddlers is too much for our hearts to take

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Triumph for Russian giant Rachmaninov in the Ultimate Classic FM Hall of Fame

Triumph for Russian giant Rachmaninov in the Ultimate Classic FM Hall of Fame

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Cellist Steven Isserlis and pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen perform Debbie Wiseman’s ‘A Lustre to this Day’

Hear Debbie Wiseman’s cello and piano piece celebrating ‘better times ahead’

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Bespoke piano encourages social distancing

Designer creates giant floor manuscript to help people practise social distancing

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Dame Fanny Waterman, legendary pianist, teacher and competition founder, dies aged 100

Dame Fanny Waterman, legendary pianist, teacher and competition founder, dies aged 100

Guitarist duets with his piano-playing cat

Guitarist duets with piano-playing cat, and a soothing jazz masterpiece unfolds

This is the world's first piano made entirely from plants

About thyme! This is the world’s first green ‘piano’ made from living plants.

Virtuoso pianist plays note-perfect Mozart ‘Rondo alla Turca’ on a toy piano

Virtuoso pianist plays note-perfect Mozart ‘Rondo alla Turca’ on a toy piano

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Piano quiz

Sorry, only a true pianist will excel at this piano quiz

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Lady Gaga at the Hurricane Relief concert in College Station, Texas

5 times Lady Gaga was extremely good at the piano

Owners capture astonishing footage of Dalmatian playing piano and singing along

Owners capture astonishing footage of Dalmatian playing piano and singing along

Jazz icons Julian Lee and James Morrison play piano and flugelhorn

94-year-old jazz pianist plays piano for first time in years since his stroke

Philip Springer plays Beethoven for his daughter

94-year-old ‘Santa Baby’ composer plays Moonlight Sonata for daughter’s birthday

Paul Barton plays piano for monkeys

Man plays piano to soothe hungry monkeys in Thailand’s abandoned cinema

Watch Chris Evans play Fabrizio Paterlini on the piano

Chris Evans’ powerful yet soothing piano is the tonic we all need