Happy Piano Day
Happy Piano Day 2022, Piano Lovers all around the world!
We want to thank everyone who participates, shares the music and love, and keeps the Piano Day spirit alive every year.
To celebrate Piano Day 2022, Piano Day Official & LEITER created a compilation with thirty-two exclusive and unreleased piano pieces from various corners of the world – meticulously selected for our favorite holiday of the year.
Piano Day aims to create a community platform for bringing together piano players from all around the world. With this compilation, LEITER gives the community home on vinyl.
The compilation is available as a 2LP vinyl and digitally with two bonus tracks. You can listen & order here.
> Official Piano Day Playlist on Spotify
> Piano Day Playlist 2022 on Soundcloud
“Why does the world need a Piano Day? For many reasons. But mostly, because it doesn’t hurt to celebrate the piano and everything around it: performers, composers, piano builders, tuners, movers and most important, the listener.” – Nils Frahm
Piano Day, an annual worldwide event founded by a group of likeminded people, takes place on the 88th day of the year – in 2022 it’s the 29th March – because of the number of keys on the instrument being celebrated.
The aim of the day is to create a platform for piano related projects in order to promote the development of musical dimensions and to continue sharing the centuries-old joy of playing piano. Piano Day welcomes all kinds of piano lovers — young and old, amateur and professional, of any musical direction – to join in. It is intended to be the most joyful of all holidays!
Events
- Utrecht (NL) 03rd Mar 22 De Nijverheid: Sergio Díaz De Rojas + Cedric Vermue (Piano Day 2022) Info
- Budapest (HUN) 24th Mar 22 Piano Day Budapest - Knkoi, Wave of Sound, Badfocus & Vaghy Info
- Almere (NLD) 25th Mar 22 PianoDays Almere 2022 Info
- Copenhagen (DK) 25th Mar 22 PIANO DAYS COPENHAGEN 2022 - RØNSHØJ VANDTÅRN Info
- LE MANS (FRA) 25th Mar 22 Le Conservatoire fête le Piano Day - Musée de Tessé Info
- Berlin (D) 25th Mar 22 Piano Day - Kelly James Wyse & Arp Dinkelaker Info
- Alicante (ESP) 25th Mar 22 Piano Day en Las Cigarreras Info
- Maçanet de la Selva (ESP) 26th Mar 22 Piano Day - Piano in the Garden, Opus 2 Info
- Almere (NLD) 26th Mar 22 PianoDays Almere 2022 Info
- copenhagen (DK) 26th Mar 22 PIANO DAYS COPENHAGEN 2022 - KONCERTKIRKEN BLÅGÅRDS PLADS Info
- Alicante (ESP) 26th Mar 22 Piano Day en Las Cigarreras Info
- Canberra (AUS) 26th Mar 22 Turns and Phrases: an evening of piano music with Chris Abrahams, Zela Margossian, Millie Watson Info
- MŁAWA (PL) 26th Mar 22 Piano Day x Miro Kępiński Info
- London (UK) 26th Mar 22 Piano Day – Gold.Berg.Werk with Xenia Pestova Bennett & Karlheinz Essl, Sarah Angliss with Melanie Pappenheim and Sarah Gabriel & Jo Johnson & Hilary Robinson Info
- Sacramento (USA) 26th Mar 22 Sacramento Piano Day Benefit Concert Info
- Brussels (BEL) 27th Mar 22 Piano Days Brussels 27 March - 3 April 2022 Info
- Almere (NLD) 27th Mar 22 PianoDays Almere 2022 Info
- Copenhagen (DK) 27th Mar 22 PIANO DAYS COPENHAGEN 2022 Info
- LE MANS (FRA) 27th Mar 22 "Un jour de piano" par Pianoctambule - Chapelle de l'Oratoire Info
- Prague (CZ) 28th Mar 22 Piano Day Prague - Theo Alexander, Mazoch+Koruth & Tomáš Hrubiš Info
- Almere (NLD) 28th Mar 22 PianoDays Almere 2022 Info
- Heidelberg (D) 28th Mar 22 Piano Day - Luis Miehlich Piano Info
- Leuven (BEL) 29th Mar 22 Piano Days - Peter Broderick & Büşra Kayıkçı Info
- Melbourne (AUS) 29th Mar 22 Yiyun Gu – Tales of the Wind, the Night & the Far East Info
- Leeds (UK) 29th Mar 22 Brudenell Piano Sessions - Matthew Bourne, Izzy Flynn & Alexander Carson Info
- Innsbruck (AT) 29th Mar 22 PYANOOK Ralf Schmid Info
- Berlin (D) 29th Mar 22 Piano Day - Henrik Lindstrand, Anna Luca, Clemens Christian Poetzsch & Caoilfhionn Rose Info
- Berlin (D) 29th Mar 22 Zenner Live // Piano Day – Malakoff Kowalski & Eydís Evensen Info
- Friedberg (D) 29th Mar 22 Piano Day Musikhaus Ortel Info
- Ventspilī (LVA) 29th Mar 22 Piano Day Klavieru diena Ventspilī Info
- Dublin (IRL) 29th Mar 22 Piano Day Dublin - Anna Mullarkey, BK Pepper, Brian Crosby, Gareth Quinn Redmond, Jack Foster, Kevin Corcoran, Lowli & Una Keane Info
- Newcastle (AUS) 29th Mar 22 Momo Piano Sessions - Mirla, No-kë & Hunter Brown Info
- London (UK) 29th Mar 22 Piano Day at Grand Passion Pianos Info
- Shrewsbury (UK) 29th Mar 22 Piano Day Shrewsbury - James C Taylor, Tiny Leaves (feat. Andy Lowe) Alex Kozobolis & Frances Shelley Info
- Paris (FR) 29th Mar 22 Le Piano Day d'ARTE Concert 2022 - Hania Rani, Bachar Mar-Khalifé & Meryem Aboulouafa, Dombrance et Baptiste Trotignon & Arthur Téboul Info
- Sydney (AUS) 29th Mar 22 Piano Day 2022 Sydney Opera House - Amanda Palmer, Ian Munro, Vatche Jambazian and more to be announced Info
- Copenhagen (DK) 29th Mar 22 International Piano Day at PH Pianos Info
- World 29th Mar 22 Fundamentals of Piano Practice With Graham Fitch Info
- Lisboa (PRT) 29th Mar 22 Piano Day - Tiago Sousa, JP Coimbra & Bruno Bavota Info
- London (UK) 29th Mar 22 International Piano Day at the Swiss Church Info
- Temuco (CHL) 29th Mar 22 Piano Day - Juan Pinto Aller: Chilean 20th Century Piano Music Info
- Fribourg (CHE) 29th Mar 22 Piano Day - Marc Méan Info
- Buje-Buie (HRV) 29th Mar 22 Andrea Furlan – Piano, pian, pianin Info
- Scottsdale (USA) 29th Mar 22 Arizona Musicfest Piano Day Info
- Catania (IT) 29th Mar 22 PIANO DAY at Zō Info
- Knutsford (UK) 29th Mar 22 Soul Repair for Piano Day - Adrian Lord Info
- Padova (IT) 29th Mar 22 Piano Day - Alberto Bof Info
- Arnhem (NL) 29th Mar 22 Piano Day - Rozet public library De Stad Klinkt Weer Info
- Athens (GRC) 29th Mar 22 Piano Day Athens 2022 Info
- Paraíba (BRA) 29th Mar 22 Piano Day - UFPB Info
- Aalborg (DK) 29th Mar 22 Piano Day Aalborg Info
- Warsaw (PL) 29th Mar 22 Piano Day 2903: Latarnik „Marianna” – koncert premierowy Info
- Rubery (GB) 29th Mar 22 Rubery Village Stay and Play Piano Day Info
- ZÜRICH (CH) 29th Mar 22 Piano Day 22 Live Stream at Tastenwerk w/ YES IT'S ANANIAS Info
- Montreal (CA) 29th Mar 22 Piano Day Marathon - Part 1 - Les jeunes artistes de la relève Info
- Montreal (CA) 29th Mar 22 Piano Day Maraton - Part 2 - Sérénade polonaise Info
- Córdoba (ARG) 29th Mar 22 Piano Day Córdoba Info
- Leuven (BEL) 30th Mar 22 Piano Days - Neil Cowley & Paulette Verlée Info
- Madrid (ESP) 30th Mar 22 Madrid Piano Day - Sofiane Pamart Info
- London (UK) 30th Mar 22 Brudenell Piano Sessions - Ell Kendall, TAMZENE & Simeon Walker Info
- Stockholm (Swe) 30th Mar 22 Piano Day Stockholm 2022 - Matti Bye & Lau Nau, Jakob Lindhagen & Vargkvint, Klangriket, Night Gestalt Info
- Melbourne (AUS) 30th Mar 22 Piano Day 2022 - Antoni Grzyb Info
- Coimbra (PRT) 30th Mar 22 Piano Day - Tiago Sousa, JP Coimbra & Bruno Bavota Info
- Catania (IT) 31st Mar 22 PIANO DAY AT ZŌ Info
- San José (CRI) 31st Mar 22 Piano Day Sofi Paez Info
- Paris (FR) 31st Mar 22 PIANO DAY UKRAINE - Oleksandra Morozova (Kyiv) and Maryna Voznyuk (Paris) Info
- Jičín (CZE) 01st Apr 22 Piano Day - Sergio Díaz De Rojas Info
- Kyoto (JPN) 02nd Apr 22 SEIS / CINE GRULLA: PIANO DAY - DAIGO HANADA Info
- Kyoto (JPN) 02nd Apr 22 SEIS / CINE GRULLA: Piano Day for Everyone Info
- Barcelona (ESP) 02nd Apr 22 Piano Day Barcelona Piano Estudi Info
- Melbourne (AUS) 03rd Apr 22 Float Piano Day 2022 - Anatole, Luke Howard & Kendl Info
- Potsdam (D) 08th Apr 22 Q3AMBIENTFEST - BRUEDER SELKE Info
- Potsdam (D) 09th Apr 22 Q3AMBIENTFEST - BRUEDER SELKE Info
- Potsdam (D) 10th Apr 22 Q3AMBIENTFEST - BRUEDER SELKE Info
Projects
‘Piano Day Vol. 1‘ is the first compilation of an upcoming series and reflects the piano in its diversity and allows artists from contrasting styles, ages and backgrounds to connect and celebrate the piano together.
Piano Day aims to create a community platform for bringing together piano players from all around the world. With this compilation, LEITER gives the community home on vinyl.
The compilation is out now! ‘Piano Day Vol. 1’ is available as a 2LP vinyl and digitally with two bonus tracks. You can listen & order here.
Vargkvint – Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch – Lambert – Rose Riebl – Rubin Henkel – Lisa Morgenstern – Michael Price – Balmorhea – Poppy Ackroyd – Tristan Eckerson – Neil Cowley – Alice Baldwin – Hior Chronik – Büşra Kayıkçı- Johannes Motschmann – Ólafur Arnalds – Natalia Tsupryk – Grace Ferguson – Kara-Lis Coverdale – Julia Gjertsen – Sergio Díaz De Rojas – Chilly Gonzales – Thomas Enger – Nils Frahm – Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres – Kaada – Moritz Fasbender – Vetle Nærø – Malakoff Kowalski – Simeon Walker – Tiny Leaves – David Shongo
Visit the LEITER website here
Piano players, whether amateur and professional, of any age, or any musical persuasion have kindly shared their specially composed pieces with the piano lovers all over the globe. Listen to the last years Piano Day playlist of these tracks:
There are so many pianos that are not being played for several reasons: they are broken, stored in piano shops or used as items of furniture rather than a musical instruments. At the same time there are loads of talented pianists who have no possibility to own a piano. Piano Day gives an opportunity for the holders of the unused pianos to place them where they can be enjoyed by a lot of people. Everybody who wants to share the joy of playing and listening to piano music is invited to participate and take action!
For the 2015 and 2016 editions, Nils Frahm released some special Piano Day treats. “Solo” and “Solo—Remains” are still available for free download in 24bit and mp3 format.
“In the end, every album production leaves you with the same tough task – making the choices for the final track selection. You leave out some tracks for various reasons: some of the tracks are wonderful by themselves, but they simple don’t fit anywhere in the album and others have to be left out because otherwise the vinyl would become too long for a cut in good quality. However, these outtakes are often as important as the final selection and I thought, they might be a great surprise for Piano Day too. I hope in this case, it’s both …“
The first project revealed by the Piano Day team in 2015 was the building of what will be the world’s tallest piano, the Klavins M450 designed by the visionary piano builder David Klavins.
Unlike traditional concert grand pianos, which are usually built horizontally, this giant is orientated vertically. Weighing nearly a tonne and standing at 4.5m high the M450 stretches over two floors, a design that allows the strings to vibrate better. However, the project is not about setting world records in terms of size. The aim of it is to expand and go to the not yet reached physical limits of the piano instrument and it’s sound and thereby opening doors to new musical possibilities and dimensions.
Because of it’s much longer strings and larger soundboard among other factors, the sound of the M450 will be characterised by an even clearer sound with a lot more depth and richness of overtones, producing an unrivaled large harmonic spectrum and intensity of tone, which will increase the musical capabilities of the piano, for modern music in particular. M450 is meant to continue the centuries-old history of the piano instrument and and it´s evolution which had rather stagnated in recent decades.
THANK YOU
Piano Day would be nothing without you – dear piano lovers all around the world. We want to say a heart-felt thank you for your commitment to the Piano Day projects. The desire to celebrate this versatile instrument is growing greater than ever and we are more than happy to share this feeling with you.