Awesome Piano

Charlie Albright shows us just how fast his fingers can fly across the keyboard of his Steinway with this performance of Adolf Schulz-Evler’s Arabesque of Johann Strauss’ Blue Danube Waltz. Oh, and Charlie doesn’t just do classical. Check out his boogie woogie.

What happens when a trio of musicians stumble upon a piano in London’s Heathrow Airport with the words “Play Me” on it in a bunch of languages? Pure magic, when it’s piano players Dr K, Terry Miles, and Kenji Whitehouse.

Costumed as Catwoman, composer Sonya Belousova plays her own wonderful arrangement of Danny Elfman’s classic theme song from Tim Burton’s Batman. As much as we liked the music from The Dark Knight, we always preferred Elfman’s take.

Pianist Maxence Cyrin broke through to the masses with his stirring rendition of Where Is My Mind? But that’s not the only amazing cover version he’s done. Sit back and enjoy some Soundgarden played impeccably on his grand piano. His Daft Punk ain’t too shabby either.

Pianist D Wave mashed up two seemingly mismatched tunes, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee and John Williams’ Imperial March from Star Wars into a single cohesive track. There’s a hint of ragtime jazz in there for good measure too.

A portable MIDI controller-only version of the touch- and pressure-sensitive Seaboard Grand piano. The Seaboard Rise has 25 keys, connects via USB or Bluetooth and has an internal battery. It also comes with Roli’s Equator software synth.

Like most who find themselves homeless, there’s clearly more to the story of Donald Gould as he demonstrates his amazing musical talent on the streets of Sarasota, Florida. Show your support for Donald over on GoFundMe.

This unique musical instrument replaces traditional keys with soft silicone bumps which can each tweak pitch, vibrato and other dynamics. The nuanced, ethereal sounds it makes are unlike any other keyboard we’ve heard.

We’ve seen five people play one guitar, but before that ever happened, a dozen pianists shared duties at a single grand piano. When all of their hands get going at once, it looks some sort of crazy centipede. (Thanks Orion!)

Rock star cellists Luka Šulić and Stjepan Hauser connect with rock star pianist Lang Lang for an epic cover of Paul McCartney & Wings’ awesome James Bond theme, conjuring images of flaming skulls in the deepest recesses of our minds.

Tom Grey and Sonya Belousova are the talent behind the awesome Player Piano channel. Here, Tom throws out some video game themes that Sonya hasn’t played before, and she plays on-the-fly arrangements. Support them on Indiegogo.

Prairie Home Companion musical director Rich Dworsky performs a piano medley of Christmas tunes for those who just want to get it over with, cranking out numerous popular songs in just about 2 minutes flat. See if you can name them all.

Baby’s first Korg. The tinyPiano has 25 keys, 25 different sounds and 50 built-in songs, so you can use it as a music box as well. It has a 3.5mm output jack and can be powered via its adapter or with 6 AA batteries.

Devin Supertramp’s 100th video captures a performance of Imagine Dragons’ Radioactive, played on grand piano by a slightly wet William Joseph. Grab the track on iTunes. If you’ve got the bandwidth and the screen, watch in 4K HD.

Yamaha’s Silent Pianos are acoustic pianos with a silent mode, where it plays back high quality digital samples instead of hitting its strings. You can listen to it via headphones or wire it to monitors for an even bigger sound. More here.

The classic Russian theme song to Tetris gets a catchy ragtime redo by musician Scott Bradlee. We can close our eyes and visualize countless bricks dropping into perfect lines already.

Billy Joel isn’t exactly au courant, but we have to hand it to the Piano Man for granting the request of a Vanderbilt University student to accompany him for his favorite song New York State of Mind.

A classic moment from The Tonight Show in which a classical pianist canceled at the last minute, and Johnny asks an audience volunteer to fill in. Good thing pianist David Tolley was there to help out.

This clip of German composer Hauschka improvising on NPR isn’t new, but the sound he makes by outfitting piano strings and mallets with objects like bottle caps and ping-pong balls is still fascinating.

Blind since infancy, 15 year-old Kuha’o has only been playing piano for 3 years but can already learn songs after hearing them once. Check out his interpretation of Freestylers’ Cracks at 5:45.

While they have a way to go before Carnegie Hall, we’re still impressed that these two dogs can play the proper notes on their custom doggie piano keyboard. Plus, way more skills than this guy.

We thought these sportscasters were here to tell us about the latest Canadian hockey scores, but they really just wanted us to listen to their song. They should consider adding a dog to their act.

Regret having quit piano in the 5th grade? Grab the free learning app and ION Audio’s Piano Apprentice and pick up where you left off – it turns an iPad and portable keys into a traveling music teacher.