The upside of being locked-down during a pandemic is that you can ask yourself some basic questions and actually spend some time answering them. An easy one to answer – theoretically, that is 😉 – was: How to get rid of these #QuarantineKilos? Somewhat more challenging perhaps: What gets me going when work is done,…
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(Photo credits to Mr. Yusuf Beyazit) How to comfort pain? How to unite where others tend to divide, rule and stumble? How to de-escalate, when apathy turned into worldwide urge to act, then erupted into chaos and decreasing accountability? How to use talent, passion and creativity for disarmament purposes? There might be no…
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If you’re a Piano Pilgrim, “social distancing” isn’t probably in your personal top-5 of competences. We tend to travel the world to play new Pianos, meet new people and involve others wherever the occasion rises. Well, not today! We’re as locked-down as millions of you all over the world. Our flights get cancelled, our trains…
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With more and more regions in lock-down, it’s about time for some inspiration, what do you say pianoplayers?! I want today’s song to be (1) appropriate to the occasion (2) inspirational to both player and audience, then (3) fairly easy-to-play! Meet: Song for Guy – Elton John (1978) Appropriate to the occasion Depending on where…
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Folks, first of all, piano above was meant to be a piece of ART. It was on display in Munich 2015 (DE) and although we couldn’t reach nor play it at the time, it seemed just the right eye-catcher for today’s blog… There isn’t a single subject in this world without adversaries; Public Pianos are…
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7117 different languages are spoken today worldwide, but MUSIC has got them all covered. After playing Medical Centers in 7 countries around the globe, we felt privileged to add our 6th U.S. State hospital piano earlier this week, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida. Hospital piano encounters can be quite rewarding: the joy…
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88 keys on a full-keyboard piano, 88 days on this year’s calendar: time for World Piano Day! Note that 2020 is a leap year, so it’s March 28 this year instead of regular March 29. Several organizations want you to believe it’s yet another commercial feast, well it’s not! It’s a worldwide initiative lasting a…
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Searching our website helps 😊 For those of you with searches like: public piano near me nearest public piano where can I find a piano public piano event Those searches can be interesting leads towards new listings on our site. Let’s see a few examples resulting from your searches past months (in alphabetical order): Americas…
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Hello world, my name is Mo, I’m the cutie on top of the piano, together with my partner: Piano Man Danny Kean. Other dogs would call him owner, well not me… We’re partners at TravelingPiano.com and together, we’re on our continuous and strictly non-commercial mission. Before I tell you a bit more about that, let…
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Today’s blog is about 2 spectacular Public Piano players: Terry Miles and Brendan Kavanagh. These UK-based musicians have a lot in common but – to us – one thing sets them apart really. Even if you’re living at the other side of the world, chances are you already watched them play, since both have a…
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