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Man plays cocktail piano

Man plays cocktail piano, mixes a drink just by pressing the keys

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Card for piano teacher Larisa Suknov

A young pianist wrote his teacher this thank you card, and it’s achingly beautiful

Marutaro hedgehog plays jazz piano

Hedgehog inadvertently plays freeform jazz by walking across piano keys

Musician plays flute and piano at the same time when accompanist doesn’t show up

‘Her accompanist didn’t show up so she played the flute and piano parts’

Keith Jarrett plays at New York's Carnegie Hall in 2015

‘I was paralysed’ – piano legend Keith Jarrett reveals agony of his stroke and lost ability to play

Edward Chilvers is using dice to compose music

Meet the man using dice – yes, dice – to compose his music

Pianist and composer Martin Kohlstedt plants one tree for every concert ticket sold

This pianist is planting one tree for every concert ticket sold

Pianist plays piano to sheep in New Zealand

Man in black tie plays piano concert for unsuspecting sheep

Videos

A video of a cat enjoying the piano

Cat piano videos are good for your health. A scientific study says so.

Ron Howard to direct biopic about star pianist Lang Lang

Lang Lang biopic: criticism over Ron Howard directing film about star Chinese pianist

Lang Lang

Elton John

We put Elton John’s ‘Rocket Man’ under the musical microscope to discover why it's so good

Red squirrel photographed ‘playing’ a piano in Scotland

Red squirrel caught ‘playing’ a grand piano in Scottish forest

Cat falls asleep inside piano as owner plays lullaby

Cat falls asleep inside piano to soothing lullaby, makes our hearts melt

C major piano

Pianist plays the entire history of piano music, but it’s all in C major

Watermelon synth piano

A watermelon piano exists, and I can’t decide if I want to play or eat it

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Strange pianos

19 truly bizarre pianos that honestly belong in a museum

Pianist Imogen Cooper awarded the Queen’s Medal for Music 2019

Pianist Imogen Cooper awarded the Queen’s Medal for Music 2019

Grandparents perform 'Up' theme on a piano for their 60th anniversary

Grandparents perform a beautiful piano duet of 'Up' theme on their 60th anniversary