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Beethoven and his Broadwood piano

Listen to Beethoven epic ‘Hammerklavier’ Sonata, played on the composer's own piano

Beethoven

Alicia Keys and John Legend

7 pop stars who are incredibly good at the piano

Simpsons

The theme from ‘The Simpsons’, but it’s an epic piano fantasy

Elfman

Felipe's story

Please read this incredibly inspirational story about the power of music

Mozart's Piano

Listen to Mozart played on Mozart’s VERY OWN piano

Mozart

Imogen Cooper

‘Accept that you won’t play everything equally well’ – pianist Imogen Cooper shares her advice for young musicians

Evan Le and Chopin

Watch this awesome 5-year-old play Chopin's Minute Waltz like it's nbd

Joyce Hatto recordings

The remarkable story of concert pianist Joyce Hatto, and how the classical world was duped

The Royal College of Music has renamed its Masters in Piano Accompaniment

Royal College of Music is first to rename piano ‘accompaniment’ course

Amy Beach

We need to tell you about Amy Beach, the first American woman to publish a symphony

Women pianists

14 of the very best women pianists

Piano lessons can make your child smarter, say researchers

Piano lessons make children smarter, claims new study

alma deutscher improvisation

Child prodigy improvises a whole piece from just FOUR notes

Videos

Yamaha Artificial Intelligence

This invention translates dance moves into incredible MUSIC

Videos

Pianist Darrius Simmons

Pianist born with just four fingers ends up performing at Carnegie Hall

Jurassic Park as a lush romantic piano work

Jurassic Park, but it’s a lush romantic piano odyssey

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Yuja Wang Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit

This is one of the hardest pieces in the world – but this virtuoso makes it look *effortless*

Yuja Wang

Daniil trifonov Campanella

Is this the hardest piano piece ever written?