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worst things to happen to a classical musician

The 13 worst things to happen to a classical musician

Kirill Gerstein

Top pianist’s advice: ‘Let music be the reminder that we do this because it’s so beautiful and amazing’

world's smallest grand piano

The world’s smallest grand piano actually sounds really sweet

Left-handed piano Christopher Seed

Someone has invented a left-handed piano (just think about that for a moment)

boris giltburg station piano

This is what a world-class pianist does when their train is late

Prokofiev

Gabriela Montero habanera improvisation

This pianist just played the most amazing improvisation on the habanera from Carmen

Gabriela Montero

piano teacher family tree

This piano teacher family tree shows the complete lineage of legendary pianists

kid playing cheltenham street piano

Watch this kid perform an epic medley on a street piano

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