Today is World Piano Day — so play, listen, watch, celebrate

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By Jacob Stockinger

World Piano Day — established in 2015 — falls on the 88th day of the year because the standard piano keyboard has 88 keys.

Because 2024 is a Leap Year, World Piano Day is being celebrated a day later than usual — on today, March 28.

For more background and past playlists, see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Day

There are lots of free celebrations online, to say nothing of just sitting down at a piano and playing or listening to someone else play or going to your library of CDs and LPs or using your streaming service.

Here is a list of live international events from March 12-April 7,  complete with information links, to concerts and other events marking Piano Day around the world.

https://www.pianoday.org

Some presenters have put together their own special celebrations. DG is offering a 30-day free trial to its Stage+ streaming site to mark the occasion.

Deutsche Grammophon, the world’s oldest classical record company, has a terrific stable of prize-winning, critically acclaimed pianists, includes Maurizio Pollini who died last Saturday, as well as Lang Lang, Yuja Wang, Vikingur Olaffson, Maria Joao Pires, Seong-Jin Cho, Grigory Sokolov, Alice Sara Ott, Daniil Trifonov, Hélène Grimaud and Bruce Liu.

Check it out. Here is a  link to DG’s celebration:

https://www.worldpianoday.com

You can also find many things to watch and hear — concerts, documentaries — for this year and from past year of YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=World+Piano+Day

And at the bottom, from World Piano Day 2023, is a YouTube video with 88 minutes of piano music from masters old and current — including Vladimir Horowitz and Arthur Rubinstein — to celebrate World Piano Day:

Will you celebrate World Piano Day?

Do you play the piano or did you take piano lessons?

Do you have a favorite pianist?

Do you have a favorite composer and favorite piece for the piano?

The Ear wants to hear.

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