World Piano Day 2024: Date, History, Significance

Every year, World Piano Day is celebrated on the 88th day of the year. In 2024, it takes place on March 28. A group of like-minded people established World Piano Day to make a platform for piano-related projects to promote music development and share the joy of playing the piano.

History of World Piano Day

In 2015, Nils Frahm, the German pianist, and composer initiated World Piano Day to celebrate the piano. On this day, Various events, performances, masterclasses, lectures, etc are held. Piano Day is held on the 88th day of the year because it marks to the 88 keys on a standard piano keyboard. 

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World Piano Day 2024 Theme

The theme of World Piano Day 2024 has not been announced yet.

World Piano Day Quotes

• Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it. [Tom Lehrer].
• I’ve always wanted to smash a guitar over someone’s head. You just can’t do that with a piano. [Elton John].
• At the end of the day, who I really and truly am is a little girl who loved to play the piano. [Lady Gaga].
• I’ve always been involved in music. Whether it be taking piano lessons or something, I always have. [Juice Wrld].
• The piano has been drinking, not me. [Tom Waits].
• Every time I see a piano, I have this urge to play it. [Margot Robbie].
• One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen. [Paul McCartney].
• I dreamt of you last night – as if I was playing the piano and you were turning the pages for me. [Vladimir Nabokov].
• Everybody told me this ‘girl on the piano’ thing was never going to work. [Tori Amos].

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How to Celebrate World Piano Day

Play the piano – You can play piano on this day and celebrate this day.

Learn to play the piano – To celebrate this day, you can go to learn to play the piano but have never had the chance to, this is your chance. You will have to decide for yourself to learn how to play the piano by starting with beginners’ lessons.

Join the events – People can participate in some classical music at home. You have a chance to attend a concert and join in on the celebrations with your friends and family.

Timeline

• 1700s – Bartolomeo Cristofori of Italy invented the piano.
• 1821 – Sébastien Érard invented the double escapement action.
• 2015 – The World Piano Day team decided to build the Klavins M450.
• 2018 – Christian Henson of Spitfire Audio launched a website, ‘pianobook.co.uk’ dedicated to creating and sharing instrument samples for free.

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Facts for World Piano Day

The most expensive piano – The galaxy piano is the most expensive piano and is priced at 1.36 million dollars because its body is made from 24-carat gold.

The piano was first called ‘gravicembalo col piano e forte.

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