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guide to buying a piano

How to buy a piano – according to an expert

Vinheteiro pieces played fast

Can you recognise these pieces when they’re played REALLY fast?

Videos

Jazz or classical pianist

Quiz: Should you be a jazz or classical pianist?

Lifestyle

Etude for cleaning your piano

Is your piano dirty? Here’s an ‘Etude for cleaning your keyboard’

Bach jazz prelude

Jazz pianist turns this Bach prelude into something completely different

Bach

Tokio Myers live session

Watch this stunning live session from Tokio Myers

Videos

Evolution of Music - Vinheteiro

Just a guy playing the entire evolution of music, in 6 minutes

Videos

What makes a Bluthner piano special

What makes a Blüthner piano sound so special?

left hand piano Chopin etude

Pianist plays an entire Chopin Etude with his left hand, and absolutely kills it

Chopin

robot plays piano

This robot pianist means you’ll never need an accompanist again

Videos

Peter Foggitt piano

A colossal Rachmaninov and Mahler-inspired improvisation on Auld Lang Syne

steinway & sons piano

Watch a Steinway Piano being built in under 2 minutes

Steinway - Rachmaninov Prelude Improv

This improvisation on Rachmaninov’s monstrous ‘Prelude in C sharp minor’ will blow your mind

Rachmaninov

Alexandra Dariescu The Nutcracker and I

Watch: The Nutcracker performed by a pianist, a ballet dancer… and digital animation

Tchaikovsky

Last Christmas Wham piano rondo

‘Last Christmas’ by Wham! – in an epic Rondo form improvisation

Christmas

Virtuosic pianist plays Moana in sea

Virtuosic pianist rescues a piano, drags it to the sea and plays ‘How Far I’ll Go’ from Moana

Piano Guys Christmas lights

Piano Guys use 88 piano keys to control 500,000 Christmas lights

The Piano Guys

baby Brooklyn Duo

‘Perfect’ by Ed Sheeran, played to a newborn baby on cello and piano