This is what a piano looks like after a virtuoso has been practising Tchaikovsky

1 October 2015, 10:03

Alice Sara Ott shared a photo of her blood-stained piano, after what must have been *quite* a hardcore practice session of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1

Alice Sara Ott is one of today's best-loved pianists, known for her performances of music by the great Romantic composers… including Tchaikovsky.

On her Facebook page she shared a photo of her piano after she'd been practising Tchaikovsky's epic First Piano Concerto – and it was way more gruesome than you'd expect.

Now that's what we call dedication: