World Piano Day on Scala Radio
Taking place on the 88th day of the year
World Piano Day is an annual event which takes place on the 88th day of the year and has been designed to celebrate the incredible instrument that has brought joy to so many of us over the years! Whether you play the piano yourself, or you just appreciate it from afar, we can all agree that there's a lot to love about this beautiful instrument.
World Piano Day is always celebrated on the 88th day of the year, because of the number of keys on a piano. This year it falls on March 29th and here at Scala Radio, we have lots planned to celebrate the annual event.
Screen Time with Charles Nove
Charles Nove is kicking off the proceedings with a special World Piano Day edition of Screen Time. Listen from 9am as he celebrates the piano with music by Max Richter, Phillip Glass and Rachel Portman that have featured on the big and small screen.
Mark Forrest's Piano Requests
Every day, the last hour of Mark Forrest's show is handed over to you, as Mark plays your requests. For World Piano Day mark wants to play some of your favourite piano pieces. If there's a piece of music you would love to hear, email mark@scalaradio.co.uk.
Scala Sessions
Every Wednesday from 2pm Sam Hughes welcomes a musician onto the show to perform a live Scala Session for us, and for World Piano Day we're being treated to not one, but two Scala Sessions by Gabriele Bagnati and Boris Giltburg.
Gabriele Bagnati
Born in Milan, both of Gabriele Bagnati's parents and all of his siblings are professional musicians. He started studying the piano at the conservatory of music in Venice at the age of 7 and graduated in 2021. He has won a number of Italian piano competitions such as the ‘Crescere in Musica’ in 2013, the ‘Alberto Giol’ in 2017, 2018 and 2020, the ‘Lia Tortora International Piano Competition’ in 2018 and the ‘J.S. Bach National Piano Competition’ in 2019.
Boris Giltburg
Pianist Boris Giltburg is lauded across the globe as a deeply sensitive, insightful and compelling musician. Born in 1984 in Moscow, he moved to Tel Aviv at an early age, studying with his mother and then with Arie Vardi. He went on to win numerous awards, notably the First (and Audience) Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels in 2013.
Richard Allinson's extended Piano Playlist
Richard Allinson also has an extended Piano Playlist planned from 8pm, where he'll be featuring music by Lang Lang, Rick Wakeman and sisters Isata and Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, as well as dipping into our Scala Session archives to treat us to music by Jean-Michel Blais and Stephen Hough!
Scala Radio Premium
World Piano Day may only be for one day of the year, but our Peaceful Piano playlist on Scala Radio Premium is the perfect way of listening to the very best the piano has to offer all year long. From Eine Kleine Nachtmusik to the Moonlight Sonata, listen to our Peaceful Piano playlist on Scala Radio Premium here.