“Life is like a piano; the white keys represent happiness and the black show sadness. But as you go through life's journey, remember that the black keys also create music.” unknown.

Music is in our nature as it helps us float off the physical world and experience special sensations deeply; of course, everyone has a different taste in music but almost everyone feels a sense of nostalgia toward the classical music and especially the classical piano pieces. It’s as if life & music are closely intertwined.

World Piano Day is celebrated annually worldwide; it is an event all about the history and love for pianos and any piano related project. It takes place on the 88th day of the year since the instrument has 88 keys; and this year it is held on March 29th. Due to Codid-19 pandemic concerts are cancelled but some pianists will go live playing their pieces and many piano-related events will be available worldwide.

The idea of Piano Day was developed by the German pianist Nils Frahm. He launched the holiday back in 2015 and when he was asked why the world needs a Piano Day, Nils replied back “…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.” Since then, the holiday is celebrated by holding concerts, recitals, lectures, and demonstrations.

History of Piano

The popular white-and-black-key instrument, the piano, was invented by an Italian instrument maker called Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731);before the invention of the piano, the harpsichord was widely popular; however, musicians had little control over its volume level and this led Bartolomeo into inventing a new musical instrument that could play both loud and soft sounds. He kept working and never gave up and finally by switching out the plucking mechanism with a hammer, he created the modern piano in around the year 1700 which he called pianoforte. The word piano is a shortened form of pianoforte. “Piano” and “Forte” are Italian musical terms which indicate “soft” and “loud” respectively. The name was created as a contrast to harpsichord which does not allow variation in volume.

World Piano Day

Robi B