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Two international piano competitions have rescinded their invitations to Russian competitors

Controversy as young Russian pianists banned from international music competitions

Pianist ‘plays for peace’ at Ukraine-Poland border

A solo pianist plays for peace, as Ukrainians cross border into Poland amid Russia invasion

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Journalist Whitney Leaming filmed the young pianist at a Kharkiv hotel lobby

A Ukrainian pianist played Philip Glass as Russian forces advanced, and this was the composer’s response

Playing piano from a distance

A pianist devised a contraption so he can play piano from his bed

Eileen Gu wins Gold at the Winter Olympics

Teenage skiing prodigy credits ‘nine years of piano playing’ for Gold medal at Winter Olympics

Kyan Pennell was a young pianist and composer

After the tragic death of a 12-year-old pianist, musicians are deciphering his unfinished composition

John Cena playing the piano on screen

Can John Cena play the piano? Inside the former WWE star’s melancholy ‘Peacemaker’ solo

Melodious beagle sings and plays piano

Dog owner captures glorious footage of beagle singing at the piano

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10 best works by pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi

10 best works by pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi

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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Best Tchaikovsky works: 10 of the composer’s best musical masterpieces

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Lang Lang and Gina Alice

Lang Lang and Gina Alice play a stunning husband and wife piano duet

Lang Lang

A printable playable piano

Playable piano made entirely from paper can be played via your smartphone

Pianist plays amid destroyed Kentucky home

Poignant footage of man playing piano amid rubble after losing his home in Kentucky tornado

Shawn Foley plays a 3am recital

Health care worker moves the Internet in viral 3am piano recital

Pianist reimagines Beethoven's 'Für Elise' as an Einaudi miniature

If Einaudi had written ‘Für Elise’? Pianist reimagines Beethoven’s piano miniature

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The keys on this piano have been flipped, and it sounds jarringly good

The keys on this piano have been reversed. How will it sound?

Great Brazilian classical pianist Nelson Freire has died, aged 77

Celebrated Brazilian classical pianist Nelson Freire has died, aged 77

Nelson Freire

93-year-old man with Alzheimer’s is enraptured by granddaughter’s piano playing, despite not remembering her

Emotional moment woman plays piano for 93-year-old grandfather who doesn’t remember her name