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Related: About this forumTwo Strangers Make Beautiful Music Together In A Paris Train Station
One man had just sat down at the piano and started playing around when the second man, in the white shirt, approaches and observes admiringly. At the 1:10 mark, the second man jumps in, augmenting the original music.
The two men barely look at each other as their composition grows, but more and more travelers stop to watch as it becomes obvious something beautiful is unfolding.
The men really hit their stride around the 2:50 mark, then shake things up again around the 4:30 mark, at which point the entire train station seems to have stopped in awe of them.
After their big finale, they finish with nothing more than some shy shrugs and a high-five, proving once again that music is not only universal, but truly magical.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/two-strangers-make-music-together-paris-train-station_5679f8a9e4b014efe0d780a6
2naSalit
(86,650 posts)Music, a universal language, an art and so much more!
monmouth4
(9,708 posts)passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)That was so beautiful and just soooo cool.
I wish I had that kind of talent...the is an amazing talent to just "make" music in the moment like that.
Unknown Beatle
(2,672 posts)That is so freaking cool!
Hotler
(11,428 posts)sorechasm
(631 posts)Those of us without musical talent (me) are in awe of spontaneous synchronicity to create such lovely works. The composition may not have been original but it's performance certainly was.
CORRECTION: This article previously suggested that the music performed by the two men was improvised wholly on the spot. The music is likely based on "Una Mattina" by Ludovico Einaudi.
Thank you kpete!
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)Peace Patriot
(24,010 posts)Delightful! Thank you!
DFW
(54,410 posts)There are pianos in a lot of train stations. The one in Utrecht in the Netherlands is almost never idle.
A few decades ago, I was playing solo guitar at a German folk festival. A fiddler from a Dutch folk group was doing some licks from some Celtic and Appalachian tunes in the parking lot, and I joined in. A small crowd gathered. We ended up recording two albums together.