The Piano at Christmas - Press Pack

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19 December 2023

TX: Stream or watch live on Channel 4: Monday 25th December, 1 x 60minute episode

Claudia Winkleman hosts a special festive Christmas special at London Kings Cross station with Mika and Lang Lang looking on. As the travelling crowds gather around the public piano, we catch up with pianists from the first series who play their favourite Christmas songs. There are some celebrity surprises, secret Santa moments, a moving performance from the incredible Lucy accompanied by multi-Grammy winning artist Gregory Porter and an unmissable finale led by Mika and Lang Lang.

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19 Dec 23 Press Pack Article

Angelina

Angelina is a 22-year-old student who lives in London. In series one, Angelina performed the song Dancing Queen by ABBA. She is now in her third year at the Royal College of Music and she started doing pop covers on the piano as an outlet while studying for her GCSE’s. Tell me about your connection

19 Dec 23 Press Pack Article

Daniel

Daniel, 13, from Manchester, taught himself to play the piano in lockdown using YouTube after watching Bohemian Rhapsody. Daniel was invited by the Goo Goo Dolls to their Manchester show after they saw his performance from series one on social media. What does the piano mean to you? I basically

19 Dec 23 Press Pack Article

Harry & Fiona

Harry, 94, was born in Paddington but now lives in Glasgow. Harry started playing the piano because he had a natural talent but when his dad gave him an accordion, this took over. He found the piano again, playing for his wife who had dementia. He recently completed a PHD, in communication within

19 Dec 23 Press Pack Article

Melissa

Melissa, 19, is a music student from London. Her love for piano playing was spurred on by her love for anime which features a lot of piano scores and her favourite anime series that centres around a piano player. She gained attention in the Comicon community when she posted a video of herself

19 Dec 23 Press Pack Article

Sue

Sue, a retired music teacher from West Midlands, used to work with vulnerable young people as an advisory teacher. Sue has been getting recognised while out and loves taking selfies with people. She’s been playing lots of gigs in pubs with her band and has also started teaching a friend to play the