WORLD PIANO DAY--2023 MARCH 29

 

WORLD PIANO DAY--2023

MARCH 29

Piano Day, an annual worldwide event founded by a group of like-minded people, takes place on the 88th day of the year – in 2023, it's the 29th March – because of the number of keys on the instrument being celebrated.This event aims to celebrate the melodious history of the ‘King of Musical Instrument’.

Piano Day is being observed with great joy and fanfare all over the world. The purpose of the event is to provide a platform for piano-related initiatives that will advance musical innovation and spread the joy of playing the piano.World Piano Day honours the piano and all that is associated with it. The day celebrated the history of music, and encourage its development. Also, it is a chance to recognise the contributions that composers have made to the field of music as well as the producers of the instrument, who have played a role in the instrument's development.

Italian harpsichord builder Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori created the first piano in 1709.‘Gravicembalo col piano e forte’, which roughly translates to "soft and loud keyboard instrument," was the original name given to the piano.Several studies suggest that learning piano might improve a child's language development abilities and overall academic success.

One of the largest pianos in the world, the Alexander Piano measures 19 feet long. Adrian Mann, a piano manufacturer from New Zealand, started construction on it when he was just 15 years old.The oldest piano still in existence is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Prof. John Kurakar