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walking piano animations

This piano uses animated figures to show musical movement, and it’s very beautiful indeed

destiny's child piano cover

Here’s a minimalist piano version of Destiny’s Child’s ‘Say My Name’

piano player in tip

Watch a refuse worker play the beautiful last notes on this abandoned piano

Videos

alexey romanov pianist

Inspirational: this Russian teenager born without fingers has become a successful pianist

vandalised steinway piano

Vandals forcibly turned over this Steinway piano in a Kansas chapel

Benjamin Grosvenor casio

Benjamin Grosvenor played a virtuosic Ravel Toccata on a Casio keyboard. And it sounded spectacular.

Benjamin Grosvenor

dog playing piano

This dog plays the piano and it sounds like Beethoven’s Waldstein sonata

fast piano kid

Just look at how fast this kid can play ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’

piano fire terrence wilson

A concert pianist lost everything in a fire, and the public’s response was heartwarming

montero coronation street improvisation

This pianist spontaneously turned the Coronation Street theme into a completely stunning piece of solo piano music

Tchaikovsky's house

We took a tour round Tchaikovsky’s house and heard a world-famous pianist perform on the composer’s piano

Tchaikovsky

blood stained piano keyboard

This is what a piano looks like after an international competition

London Symphony Orchestra on Trafalgar Square

Valery Gergiev exclusive: ‘It’s hugely important for young children to be included in the great world of classical music’

Valery Gergiev

touch piano

Play the piano using your keyboard: no skills required

Bartolomeo Cristofori

Google celebrates the inventor of the piano with a special doodle

Curtis Elton

11-year-old becomes youngest ever person to receive a music degree

Musical orbit

How do you conquer stage fright? Should you ever play for free? 12 classical professionals tackle the most frequently asked muso questions
Piano stores closing

Extinction beckons for piano shops in US as children lose interest