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Musical encounters (6) – Brexit Cheer-up

Musical EncountersBy TshoonOctober 6, 2019Leave a comment

Something’s different this morning. When we exit Kings-Cross Tube Station, we usually enter one of the side-entrances to St. Pancras International Train Station, a shortcut to our 3 beloved pianos. No such thing today. Instead, there’s a sheer endless line of people towards main/today’s only entrance and the line’s not moving, at all… It’s Saturday…

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Jaw-dropping locations (2) – TMG Grand Piano Tokyo

Jaw-droppingBy TshoonSeptember 29, 2019Leave a comment

あごを落とす場所 Have you ever played a Public Grand Piano high over Tokyo Japan? Did you ever get the opportunity to actually touch artwork by the world-famous artist Yayoi Kusama, 90 years of age? Here’s your chance! You can find this beautiful grand piano at the 45th floor / Observation-deck of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG)…

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Admin’s Log (4) – 2019 Season Closure

Admin’s LogBy TshoonSeptember 22, 2019Leave a comment

We’re on our way down from playing Play Me I’m Yours 3rd edition in Augsburg Germany. Sadly but truly, that brings our season of playing street piano Events 2019 to an end. More importantly, it’s the last multi-piano Event – we’re aware of – on the northern hemisphere, in fact in the entire world… No…

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Songs of Inspiration (3) – Music

Songs of InspirationBy TshoonSeptember 15, 2019Leave a comment

Most street musicians we’ve met over the years, play a signature song. If you had time for one song, it would propably be that one. The song itself might change over time, but once it landed in that special category, it’ll stay with you for the rest of times. You might not play it for…

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Musical Encounters (5) – Sister Act

Musical EncountersBy TshoonSeptember 8, 2019Leave a comment

In this 5th edition of our Musical Encounter blog, meet 5 of our Piano Pilgrim Sisters reflecting on their summer of 2019. 1. Roos Favorite opening song: – Anything that will help me sing Maan songs. Next piano to play: – New railway station piano in Delft (NL) as of august 24 2019. “We had…

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Admin’s Log (3) – Opening Lines

Admin’s LogBy TshoonSeptember 1, 2019Leave a comment

Street pianos are all about communication, reaching out to complete strangers. It makes people talk to each other, abandoning their smart phone silos for just a while. A player enters public space of some sort – picture a railway station, center hall – doesn’t speak to anyone specifically, sits down at the piano, briefly observes…

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Heroes (1) – Piano Without Borders (Uganda)

HeroesBy TshoonJune 30, 20193 Comments

“Public Pianos give people an opportunity to connect”, what else is new?! So far we spoke about connecting in places like Central Park uptown Manhattan or Lakeside Geneva. We blogged about meeting tourists and local bystanders, all with their own walks of life, but on average gifted amongst gifted people. Had we been born in…

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Musical Encounters (4) – Storm to Rescue

Musical EncountersBy TshoonJune 23, 2019Leave a comment

Upon waking-up this morning, I knew I wanted to blog about a special memory made in Munich (DE) back in 2014. It’s a stormy Saturday, late afternoon and it’s been a tough week with rain and strong gusts of wind. Usually, that wouldn’t keep any of us away from the pianos, but more and more…

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Admin’s Log (2) – Sound Cloud

Admin’s LogBy TshoonJune 16, 2019Leave a comment

We consider Luke Jerram‘s Play Me I’m Yours / Streetpianos the founding fathers of public piano festivals, as mentioned before. Their concept – as far as we can tell – got displayed more than any other worldwide. Since Birmingham 2008, a whopping 2000+ pianos in more than 60 countries. As a result, you might find…

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Musical Encounters (3) – Power Hug (NYC)

Musical EncountersBy TshoonJune 9, 20191 Comment

Sing For Hope New York is just one of those annual events hard to resist. It will take you well beyond the regular TripAdvisor must-visits, that’s what makes Public Piano events so special! You get to know places from a variety of angles, not just the touristic and commerce imposed venues. You encounter real people…

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