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Europe Street Pianos

Glasgow Piano City Tour:

There is a ' Pianos in Public Spaces ' initiative to create more opportunities for people to play. Some public pianos in Glasgow are named after artists who decorated them.

Piano name: Tampopo

Venue: Theatre Royal

Design: Handpainted cherry blossoms with turquoise base

Played: Mario Bro, Phantom of the Opera Overture

There were displays of opera gown outfits..... fitting to play Phantom of the Opera overture! and with some mischief Mario Bro.

Piano name: Floyd

Venue: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Design: White wooden finish piano

Played: Music Time Travel (interrupted)

Grateful to have a very appreciative old man listening to my playing. I was playing my self-arranged Music Time Travel and he didn't know when I'm stopping so that he could clap for me. In the end, he came over and chatted with me a little to show his appreciation before he rushed off for his bus!

Piano name: Libby

Venue: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Design: White wooden finish piano with pen drawings of Glasgow landscape

Played: Swan Lake, Claire De Lune

Piano Libby was temporarily placed in Glasgow Royal Concert Hall for few days and I was lucky to play Swan Lake + Claire De Lune there! And I chanced upon Tom who's managing the street pianos for Glasgow Piano City! You can see the other piano Floyd in the background at the end of the video.

Piano name: Mac

Venue: The Project Cafe

Design: Simple classic wooden piano with a backdrop wooden carving of Glasgow landscape.

Played: Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Played "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" since the cafe was playing light jazz music from their playlist. Had a hot cuppa yummy chocolate before I played.

Piano name: Ming

Venue: The Lighthouse

Design: Landscape painting with lights dotting around the piano. Chinese inspired design.

Played: Music Time Travel (still perfecting)

On my way to perfecting my self-arranged Music Time Travel.
Andy was there to support me during his lunch break!

Piano name: Calisia

Venue: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Design: Dried maple leaves are used to decorate the white piano.

Played: Pachelbel Canon in D, Minuet in G, Turkish March

Piano Calisia is right in the centre of Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, steps away from information counter, gift shop and cafe.

Piano name: Rosie

Venue: The Unexpected Artist @ St. Enoch

Design: Dark brown in colour.

Played: Ballade Pour Adeline, Star Wars (Darth Vader Theme)

Just an extract of "Ballade Pour Adeline" and Star Wars (Darth Vader theme)

Piano name: Bob

Venue: Lieper Gallery

Design: Brown Matt wooden finish piano

Played: Pachelbel Canon in D, Minuet in G, Turkish March, Fur Elise

An extract of my arrangement "Music Time Travel"

Other Street Piano Venues:

United Square @ Aberdeen, Scotland

Music Time Travel (Partial) - Arranged by Audris Ho

It's a pity it's an incomplete video. At the end of it, a bystander was whistling along with my playing! Thank you bystander for staying around listening to my playing! I didn't even know someone was whistling along till I watched back this clip :)

Gauksmýri (North Iceland)

Music Time Travel (Partial) - Arranged by Audris Ho

Unglam moment for my feet! Barefooted because I was wearing slippers having my breakfast at the B&B and chanced upon this piano. Impromptu playing of piano had other guests staying on watching me play and danced along, clapped along, sang along.

Newcastle Railway Station (entrance)

Hedwig's Theme + River Flows in You - Arranged by Audris Ho

A high human traffic for this station. Many people walking in and out of the station but this video didn't capture it.

RúBen (Iceland) While waiting for dinner to be served at this pub in Grundarfjörður, I decided to play "Let it go" as I saw a group of children hanging around that area. In the end, it was their dad who was singing the chorus as I played.	Kilmeny (Islay, Scotland) I played "Pachelbel Canon in D" before breakfast was served at this B&B. I highly recommend this place if anyone is going to stay in Isle of Islay. Superb service and well designed + maintained rooms. Very meticulous in every small detail.	Kilmeny (Islay, Scotland) I played "Pachelbel Canon in D" before breakfast was served at this B&B.
Hotel Framnes (Iceland) Playing music time travel during my breakfast time.	Hotel Framnes (Iceland) Playing music time travel during my breakfast time.	Hotel Framnes (Iceland) Duet with Sharon on "Heart and Soul". I'm the one at the far end.