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PIANO DAY

Piano Day, an annual worldwide event founded by a group of like-minded people, takes place on the 88th day of the year because of the number of keys on the instrument being celebrated. Established in 2015, it is now well known across the globe. Every year it provokes special concerts, onstage and online, as well as radio shows, podcasts, and playlists. 

This year, we’re celebrating a very special edition of Piano Day with you – it’s the 10th anniversary! Bring the magic of Piano Day to life in your community – scroll down to see if there are any events near you and be part of the global celebration!

We are happy to share this year’s Piano Day companion album – Piano Day Vol. 4. Created in collaboration with LEITER, this edition features 11 exclusive tracks from talented musicians, showcasing the diversity and magic of contemporary piano music. Piano Day Vol. 4 is available for streaming and download via all platforms now, offering a vivid and valuable snapshot of the state of piano music today.

Listen to Piano Day Vol. 4 here.

> Official Piano Day Playlist on Spotify

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Building on last year’s success, LEITER presents Piano Day Vol. 4, the official Piano Day companion album, featuring exclusive, previously unreleased tracks by celebrated artists like The Vernon Spring, Guillaume Poncelet, Zuzanna Całka and Lucas Forch. The compilation includes eleven original pieces created to celebrate the piano’s beauty and boundless versatility. Solely and exclusively for the fourth official musical companion to Piano Day, various musicians have recorded precious and unique piano pieces to share with piano music lovers worldwide. Their compositions capture a spectrum of emotions, narratives, and unique solo piano moments, blending diverse musical styles and artistic influences – from the familiar tones of (neo-) classical music to ambient, jazz, and bold, avant-garde explorations. Piano Day Vol. 4 is available for streaming and download via all platforms. You can listen to it here.

Featured artists:
Ad Harmonium – Lucas Forch – Guillaume Poncelet – Gisela Mabel – Zuzanna Całka
– Lennart Smidt – Adriaan Swerts – Julia Andersson – Val Giamo – The Vernon Spring – Jay Verma
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Following up on last year’s release, LEITER shared again an official companion album: Piano Day Vol. 3 presents ten exclusive, previously unreleased tracks – among others from acclaimed artists such as Hideyuki Hashimoto, Jean Kapsa, Hugar, Burçe Karaca, and Jakob Lindhagen. For the compilation, musicians from all over the globe were invited to contribute to a unique collection of contemporary piano music. Their melodies, harmonies, and arrangements reflect different stories, states of mind, even special recording situations, offering a wide range of musical and artistic backgrounds from jazz, ambient, and classical to more experimental approaches. Piano Day Vol. 3 is available for streaming and download via all platforms. You can listen to it here.

Featured artists:
Alaskan Tapes – Hideyuki Hashimoto – Hugar – Jean Kapsa – Patrik Berg Almkvisth, LUCHS –
Ann Annie – Burçe Karaca – Jakob Lindhagen – Paula Präktig – Tania Giannouli
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Following up on the first edition in 2022, Piano Day and LEITER again shared an official companion album, carefully selected for our favorite holiday of the year. Piano Day Vol. 2 contains thirteen exclusive, previously unreleased tracks composed to celebrate the magic and versatility of the instrument, and it includes new work by acclaimed artists including Yann Tiersen, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, James Heather, Otto A. Totland, and Liam Mour. The whole compilation is available for streaming and download via all platforms. You can listen it here.

Featured artists:

AVAWAVES – Sophia Jani – Daigo Hanada – Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Matthew Bourne –
Hélène Vogelsinger – Liam Mour – James Heather feat. Sinemis – Otto A. Totland – Meredi –
S. Salter – Marta Cascales Alimbau – Yann Tiersen

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To celebrate in 2022, Piano Day and 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. ‘Piano Day Vol. 1‘ is the first edition in 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. The compilation is available on 2LP vinyl and digitally with two bonus tracks. You can listen & order here.

Featured artists:

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

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Calling all piano players: join us in celebrating 10 years of Piano Day with the official Piano Day sheet music collection! This official anthology, published by Faber Music, brings together 35 atmospheric works for solo piano inspired by Piano Day playlists and albums over the years. Suitable for intermediate pianists, the anthology features music by Ólafur Arnalds, Hania Rani, Ludovico Einaudi, Olivia Belli, Nils Frahm and many more. Piano Day: The Collection is an invitation to celebrate the boundless versatility of the piano in the 21st century.

Pre-order Piano Day: The Collection here.

PIANO MUSIC

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:

PIANO DAY 2016 PLAYLIST

PIANO DAY 2017 PLAYLIST

PIANO DAY 2018 PLAYLIST

PIANO DAY 2019 PLAYLIST

PIANO DAY 2020 PLAYLIST

PIANO DAY 2021 PLAYLIST

PIANO DAY 2022 PLAYLIST

GIVE A PIANO

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!

Download Solo Remains

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 …“

DOWNLOAD SOLO

DOWNLOAD SOLO—REMAINS

KLAVINS M450

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.

Piano Day is a worldwide celebration of the piano every 88th day of the year.
Leiter Verlag GmbH & Co. KG · Urbanstraße 116 · 10967 Berlin · Germany · [email protected]

Piano sounds played and recorded by Nils Frahm. Piano images by Lia Darjes.
Design and realization by Studio Torsten Posselt and Sebastian Schmieg.
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