Piano pilgrims spend a fair amount of time traveling, always looking for new pianos, audiences and fellow pilgrims. Many of those we’ve met or watched playing in real life, some are found online.
We do realize footage below isn’t exclusively about Public Pianos and some of these players aren’t exacly amateurs, but all these moments have a simple thing in common: They bring a smile to our faces, a tear of joy sometimes…
Kindly make sure to drop us a line when there’s an obvious moment of beauty missing!
Instant Happiness & Lasting Smiles
| Random order | Lasts | Heroes |
|---|---|---|
| A | 03:13 | Bad/Smooth Criminal mash-up by Michael Jackson - Covered by Peter Bence |
| B | 02:39 | Get Lucky by Daft Punk - Covered by Daft Pianists (10-handedly :-D) |
| C | 03:27 | Green Onions Tune by Booker T. Jones & The MG's - Covered by Terrence Shider |
| D | 08:10 | Frederic Chopin's Nocturne (mash-up) - "Frederic's Dream of the Blues" by Luca Sestak |
| E | 04:34 | Trouble in Mind by Richard M. Jones - Covered by AJ Croce & Michael Bizar |
| F | 06:01 | Nothing Else Matters by Metallica - Covered by Richard Blumenfeld |
| G | 06:32 | New York State of Mind by Billy Joel - Covered by Michael Pollack... and Billy Joel 😀 |
Top 10 – Favorite Footage
| Nr. | Lasts | Title | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 04:14 | Terry Miles' Brawl at a Birmingham Mall | Watch the twist at 02:41 and the handshake!... |
| B | 04:10 | Street Performer brings Audience to Tears | Hope to meet Mr. Colin Huggins and play together one day. |
| C | 02:31 | Piano for Thai Mother and Baby Elephant | Mr. Paul Burton deserves our biggest respect, check other recitals. |
| D | 03:52 | Chicago's Union Station Magical Piano | If only we'd been around that Christmas.... |
| E | 03:37 | Random 3-way encounter went viral! | We know it was random, since we were live witnessing them 🙂 |
| F | 42:28 | Instrument of Change: Street Pianos, Documentary (YouTube) and Facebook | Multi award-winning documentary, in and around London (GB) |
| G | 13:42 | Intruments in the Architecture | Building the Pianodrome in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kindom. |
Meet the Organizers – Favorite footage
Here’s a few short movies where some of the heroes introduce themselves (in pretty random order 😉 ):
- Santa Barbara (US_CA) – Pianos on State
- Liverpool ONE (GB) – Tickle the Ivories – Award winning documentary (15:01)