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Taron Egerton and Elton John

Does Taron Egerton really play the piano in the Elton John movie, Rocketman?

Andrew Garfield will play pianist James Rhodes in film biopic

Andrew Garfield to play classical pianist James Rhodes in new biopic

Bartolomeo – and one of his inventions

Who invented the piano – and why does nobody remember him?

Musicians' Hierarchy of Needs

Musicians’ Hierarchy of Needs graphs

Beethoven happy birthday

Happy Birthday in the style of Beethoven's Pathetique sonata is actually ingenious

Beethoven

Phantom of the Opera and Bach

This pianist has mixed The Phantom of the Opera with a Bach harpsichord concerto – and it WORKS

89-year-old man passes piano exam

An 89-year-old pianist just passed his Grade 3 exam – proof you’re never too old to learn

Trashed piano in Newcastle

Piano in Newcastle train station vandalised by hen party, leaving it ‘damaged beyond repair’

Painted pianos

22 colourfully painted pianos to brighten up your day

Piano - Keyboard with Magic Tiles Music Games

8 of the best apps for beginner musicians – and where to download them

Andre Previn and Oscar Peterson

Stop everything you're doing and watch André Previn improvise on the piano with Oscar Peterson

André Previn

New Releases: Piano Book – Lang Lang; Josef Mysliveček: Complete Music for Keyboard – Clare Hammond

New Releases: Piano Book – Lang Lang; Josef Mysliveček: Complete Music for Keyboard – Clare Hammond

Elton John has agreed to be the piano teacher for Meghan Markle's baby

Elton John asked to teach the Duchess of Sussex’s baby how to play the piano

When the Saints

Watch these two pianists play ‘When the Saints Go Marching In’ in 10 different styles

Videos

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2

A detailed explanation of why Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 is an unassailably epic work of genius

Rachmaninov

Winnie the Pooh Chopin

This pianist found the Winnie the Pooh theme tune, hidden deep in a Chopin Nocturne

Chopin

One handed piano Chopin

This pianist can text, play chess and lift weights at the same time as playing virtuosic Chopin

Pianist breaks key

This pianist played Stravinsky so hard he BROKE a piano key