The Piano Guys

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The Piano Guys
Piano Guys.JPG
General information
origin St. George, Utah , USA
Genre (s) Crossover : classical music , pop music
founding 2011
Website thepianoguys.com
Founding members
Jon Schmidt
Paul Anderson
Current occupation
Jon Schmidt
Steven Sharp Nelson
Paul Anderson
Al van der Beek
former members
Tel Stewart
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
The Piano Guys
  DE 51 02/08/2013 (4 weeks)
  AT 65 02/08/2013 (1 week)
  UK 51 04/26/2014 (2 weeks)
  US 44 
gold
gold
10/20/2012 (31 weeks)
2
  DE 97 05/24/2013 (1 week)
  US 38 05/25/2013 (7 weeks)
A family Christmas
  US 20th 11/09/2013 (24 weeks)
Wonders
  DE 86 10/17/2014 (1 week)
  CH 46 10/12/2014 (1 week)
  US 12 10/25/2014 (13 weeks)
Live! - Carnegie Hall Audio + Red Rocks Concert Video
  US 111 05.12.2015 (1 week)
Uncharted
  US 15th 11/19/2016 (2 weeks)
Christmas Together
  US 27 11/18/2017 (7 weeks)
Limitless
  US 58 11/24/2018 (1 week)

The Piano Guys is an American music group consisting of the pianist Jon Schmidt and the cellist Steven Sharp Nelson as well as the videographer and editor Paul Anderson and the studio and sound engineer Al van der Beek. They became known for their videos posted on the YouTube video portal with variations of popular songs with a classic touch, accompanied by professional videos. Their first album was released in December 2011.

history

Paul Anderson, the owner of the piano shop "The Piano Guys" in St. George, Utah , meets the musician Jon Schmidt when he enters the shop and asks if he could practice for an upcoming concert. The two start recording music and producing videos together. Video artist Tel Stewart and Al van der Beek , responsible for the group's studio work, support the formation. But it wasn't until the cellist Steven Sharp Nelson joined the group that the breakthrough came with the cover version of One Directions “What makes you beautiful”, in which the five members played simultaneously on the same grand piano. The Piano Guys publish their videos, produced in Al van der Beek's music studio, on the YouTube video portal . Some of her videos have now over 50 million views, the "cover" of Christina Perry's "A Thousand Years" has over 111 million views. The Piano Guys have played in many unusual places: on the Great Wall of China, in the middle of the desert or in front of the Christ statue in Rio de Janeiro. Their goal is to produce music videos from all locations in the seven wonders of the world.

On January 25, 2013, their debut album was released on CD / DVD via Sony Classical . In 2014 they organized their first European tour through Germany, Austria and Switzerland, which also took them to Hamburg, the birthplace of Jon Schmidt's parents.

On January 20, 2017, The Piano Guys performed for Donald Trump's inauguration at the Make America Great Again Welcome Celebration. On their blog, they defended themselves against protests from their fans.

music

Jon Schmidt plays the grand piano , Steven Sharp Nelson the violoncello , both classical and classical. H. acoustic, as well as e-cello. In most of their pieces of music, several (up to 100) separately recorded audio tracks are put together.

Discography

year title information Label
2011 The Piano Guys Hits Vol. 1 CD Limited Founder's Edition
2012 The Piano Guys CD / DVD Sony Classical
2012 A Thousand Years (US: goldgold) single Sony Masterworks
2013 The Piano Guys 2 CD / DVD, with Lindsey Stirling Sony Classical
2013 The Piano Guys - A Family Christmas CD / DVD Sony portrait
2013 The Piano Guys - Live at Red Butte Garden DVD Sony portrait
2014 The Piano Guys - Let It Go single Sony portrait
2014 The Piano Guys - Wonders CD / DVD Sony portrait
2014 The Piano Guys - Pops Meets Classical CD / DVD MIS, Japan
2015 The Piano Guys - Fight Song / Amazing Grace single Sony portrait
2015 The Piano Guys - Live! CD / DVD, Carnegie Hall Audio + Red Rocks Concert Video Sony portrait
2016 The Piano Guys - Uncharted CD / DVD Sony portrait
2017 The Piano Guys - So Far, So Good CD Sony Masterworks
2017 The Piano Guys - Christmas Together CD Sony Masterworks
2018 The Piano Guys - Limitless CD Sony portrait
2019 The Piano Guys - All I Want for Christmas is You CD Sony portrait

Web links

Commons : The Piano Guys  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE1 DE2 AT CH UK US
  2. ↑ Awards: US
  3. ↑ About The Piano Guys. Archived from the original ; Retrieved July 11, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Flying visit: “The Piano Guys” for the first time in Germany ( Memento from December 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), kruger-media.de, article from 2014, accessed on January 27, 2017.
  5. ↑ Christina Perri - A Thousand Years (Piano / Cello Cover) - The Piano Guys on YouTube
  6. ^ The Piano Guys - European Tour 2014. Accessed November 20, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Interview with Jon Schmidt: At the right time in the right place , lampertheimer-zeitung.de, message from July 5, 2014.
  8. ↑ Margarete Jall: Trump's Inauguration: The Piano Guys defend their performance. In: BR-Klassik . January 19, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2017 .
  9. ^ The Piano Guys: Our Statement on our Inauguration Performance. In: The Piano Guys' blog. January 15, 2017, accessed February 4, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Michael Meets Mozart - 1 Piano, 2 Guys, 100 Cello Tracks - The Piano Guys on YouTube