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Pianist Christian Blandford

Shy 15-year-old pianist surprises an entire airport with virtuosic Beethoven

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Pianist seamlessly plays rag as sections of his keyboard are removed one-by-one

Pianist seamlessly plays rag as sections of his keyboard are removed one by one

Pianist Martha Argerich

Martha Argerich: 11 stunning photos of the great pianist

Martha Argerich

People are inventing playable ‘bathroom pianos’ and we have questions

People are inventing playable ‘bathroom pianos’ and we have questions

85-year-old viral TikTok pianist who is raising money for cancer charity has been diagnosed with the disease himself

‘Piano grandad’ lifting TikTok’s spirits by playing in wife’s memory is diagnosed with cancer

Comic piano genius Victor Borge blends Beethoven with 'Happy Birthday'

Comic piano virtuoso Victor Borge seamlessly weaves ‘Happy Birthday’ into Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata

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Will Bill Bailey enter Eurovision? Inside the Strictly star’s classical music and piano training

Will Bill Bailey enter Eurovision? Inside the Strictly star’s classical music and piano training

Pop singers who were classically trained

16 pop singers you probably didn’t know were classically trained

Patrizio Ratto on America’s Got Talent

Pianist stuns America’s Got Talent judges by turning Beethoven into a robotic breakdance fantasy

All the Einaudi music used in Nomadland

Nomadland soundtrack: every Einaudi track used in the Chloé Zhao film

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Maple Leaf Rag was Scott Joplin’s biggest hit in his lifetime

7 brilliant rags and pieces by Scott Joplin that you should know

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'The Wellerman', but it's ragtime

Pianist gives viral sea shanty ‘The Wellerman’ a ragtime spin and it’s wonderful

Nina Simone & JS Bach

Nina Simone plays a stunning Bach-style fugue in the middle of one of her classic songs

Star Wars Imperial March in the style of Beethoven

Star Wars ‘Imperial March’ in the style of Beethoven sounds momentous and sad

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Solo pianist plays every single orchestral line in painstakingly brilliant Chopin concerto

Solo pianist plays every single orchestral line in painstakingly brilliant Chopin concerto

Hip-hop dancer glides to Philip Glass piano music

Hip-hop dancer’s feet ‘glide’ to Philip Glass in breathtakingly fluid performance

Bill Bailey plays The Star Spangled-Banner in a minor key

Comic genius Bill Bailey proves The Star-Spangled Banner sounds way better in a minor key

Videos

Gabriela Montero Hary Potter

Pianist instantly transforms John Williams’ Harry Potter theme into epic Baroque counterpoint

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