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Piano fever sweeps UK as online lessons and street instruments fuel take-up

Outdoor pianos, celebrity names and free tuition videos combine to get Britons tickling the ivories once more

The Guardian - UK

Europe's hopes for busy post-COVID summer dim as Chinese tourists stay away

Urs Kessler, who runs Jungfrau Railways, a train that takes tourists up the highest mountain in Switzerland, was excited for the return of Chinese tourists after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted late last year.

Reuters

The Piano viewers in tears at ‘astonishingly beautiful’ performance from 13-year-old blind contestant Lucy

13-year-old, who is autistic, performed Debussy’s Arabesque at the Royal Festival Hall

The Independent UK

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Scots BAFTA-winning autistic pianist is Channel 4 talent show finalist

Edinburgh born pianist Sean Logan has reached the final of Channel 4 talent competition The Piano. Hosted by Claudia Winkleman and judged by Mika and world-renowned pianist Lang Lang, the winners will perform at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

Daily Record

In Video: Watch pianist Lang Lang perform at St Pancras station

Lang Lang is a judge on Channel 4 show The Piano.

The Independent UK

‘That was Lang Lang!’: ‘greatest living pianist’ gigs on St Pancras concourse

Playing an upright and competing with PA announcements, the Chinese musician wowed an unsuspecting crowd

The Guardian - UK

The Piano Glasgow episode leaves viewers in tears as Mika and Lang Lang blown away by local talent

This week all eyes were on Glasgow Central Station as The Piano, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, was on the look out for the UK's best amateur piano players with the winner to play at the Royal Festival Hall.

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Simon Cowell will be grinding gears over Mika's life affirming show The Piano

Mika, Claudia Winkleman and virtuoso Lang Lang are on to a winner with new talent show The Piano, which is full of life affirming moments, and is brilliantly simple

Daily Mirror

Tinkling the ivories and tugging the heart strings: is The Piano the most uplifting TV talent show ever?

Railway station pianists from 11 to 92 get a surprise shot at fame in this Claudia Winkleman-hosted Channel 4 hit, where even the judges find something nice to say

The Guardian - UK

Claudia Winkleman praises blind Leeds station pianist girl who left viewers in tears

13-year-old Lucy won the episode to be honoured with performing at London's Royal festival Hall

Leeds Live

The week in TV: The Gold: Better; Inside Our Autistic Minds; The Piano

The BBC’s Brink’s-Mat robbery saga humanises the heist; compelling bent copper drama Better loses the plot; Chris Packham returns with a moving autism doc; and reality TV that plays you like a piano

The Guardian - UK

Blind and neurodiverse teen, 13, leaves onlookers in tears with piano talent

Channel 4' The Piano released an extraordinary clip of Lucy, 13, who is blind and neurodiverse playing a highly complex Chopin piece in the new series

Daily Mirror

Blind pianist Lucy, 13, on Channel 4's The Piano leaves public and music stars in tears

Lucy's rendition of a highly-complex Chopin piece brought commuters at a busy train station to tears

Wales Online

The Piano viewers say Claudia Winkleman's new show is 'just what we need' as it premieres on Channel 4

The show will feature pianists from all over the country venturing to train stations in Leeds, London St Pancras, Glasgow and Birmingham to play for Lang Lang and Mika

Wales Online

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The Guardian - UK

The Piano review – Claudia Winkleman’s new talent show is an utter delight

The sheer wonder of tinkling the ivories is showcased in this new series’ diverse selection of instant stars. They perform in train stations, wow commuters and are absolutely fascinating

Evening Standard

The Piano on Channel 4 review: this new reality music show is formulaic but full of warmth

Its the piano’s turn to be the focus of a TV talent show

Wales Online

Popstar Mika on verge of tears on Channel 4's The Piano after hearing mum who stopped playing for special reason

Fiona Bennett played a composition of her own that touched the heart of both Mika and Lang Lang

Wales Online

Channel 4 The Piano: What's it about, how to watch and who are Claudia Winkleman's co-hosts

Claudia Winkleman is back on our screens with a new Channel 4 show following the huge success of The Traitors on BBC One

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Daily Record

Channel 4's The Piano: How and when to watch Claudia Winkleman's new show

The concept of The Piano sees cameras up on pianos in train stations across the UK, which captures the best amateur musicians performing

Daily Record

Claudia Winkleman reveals she would love to get married in Glasgow Central Station

The Strictly host spoke of her new "Bake Off for pianos" show on Channel 4 and how rail stations are where "all of life is happening".

Wales Online

Claudia Winkleman says The Piano is 'a lovely one-off' with no second series

The quest to find the UK's most talented, undiscovered pianist will take contestants from playing in a railway station to the final at London’s Royal Festival Hall

The Guardian - UK

‘Bake Off for pianos’: the spine-tingling talent show that makes people weep with joy

Contestants on adorable new series The Piano cause train stations to erupt with beautiful music. But they have no idea they’re on a talent show – until the superstar judges emerge …

Evening Standard

Yunchan Lim at the Wigmore Hall review: this 18 year-old could be the Lang Lang of his generation

We’re at the start of something special, and the audience knew it

The Guardian - UK

Bake Off team whip up fresh keyboard stars in new TV contest – with a secret

Claudia Winkleman will host The Piano, which poses as a documentary to take undiscovered keyboard talent all the way to a London concert finale

The Guardian - UK

Chinese virtuoso Lang Lang to set up ‘piano labs’ in UK schools

Exclusive: Plan follows schemes in US and China that have given 180,000 disadvantaged children access to keyboards

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