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Ludovico Einaudi surprises young fan at airport piano

Ludovico Einaudi surprises young fan in spontaneous airport piano duet

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9-year-old girl plays 'Titanic' theme in South Africa shopping mall

9-year-old pianist scores duet deal after viral shopping centre video

What classical music is in Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’?

What classical music is in Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’, and does Michelle Williams really play the piano?

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Xiaole the piano playing robot

Watch the piano-playing robot developed by leading AI lab that can also read human emotions

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RIOPY

Meet RIOPY: the unbreakable French pianist who escaped a childhood cult

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Isata Kanneh-Mason and Classic FM’s Tim Lihoreau play piano duet at St Pancras station

Isata Kanneh-Mason and Classic FM’s Tim Lihoreau play charming duet at St Pancras station piano

Page turn fail

Pianist’s page-turn nightmare as Chopin score goes flying across stage

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Cate Blanchett stars as the tyrannical maestro, Lydia Tár, in the new 2022 psychological drama film

Cate Blanchett wins Best Actress Golden Globe for her lead role in ‘Tár’ as fictional conductor

11-year-old Jude Kofie was gifted a grand piano by a piano tuner who spotted his talent on local television.

11-year-old pianist stunned by stranger’s ‘miracle’ gift of grand piano and lessons

Matthew Wright and Tim Vincent-Smith at the Old Royal Pianodrome

Rubbish dump pianos are being upcycled as intimate amphitheatres, by this musical team

Judi Dench 'plays' piano at pub in Scotland

Dame Judi Dench pianist? Legendary actor surprises pub crowd with impromptu ABBA duet

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Pianist plays ‘Under the Sea’ deep in the ocean

Pianist fights water pressure to play ‘Under the Sea’ beneath the waves

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Learning to play piano may help people cope with depression and anxiety

Learning to play piano may help people cope with depression and anxiety

Pianist plays on piano properly for the first time in 20 years, with the help from bionic gloves

‘Bionic’ gloves allow injured concert pianist to play again after decades of lost dexterity

Spielberg proclaims 'You still got it!' as John Williams plays Brahms at piano

‘You still got it!’ – 90-year-old John Williams casually plays Brahms concerto during recording session

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Have scientists found a piano chord to cure nightmares?

Scientists say this major piano chord can help cure nightmares

The Stefanos crater on the volcanic island of Nisyros, one of the most active but least known volcanoes in Greece.

When 15 musicians performed inside an active volcano, from dusk till dawn

Danielle Salvato and Sebastian Spencer were caught on church CCTV walking into the unlocked church to play it’s piano (not pictured)

Couple on first date charged with burglary after breaking into church to play piano