The haunting moments are being shared across the Internet, and these are the two that grabbed our attention. A man who brought his piano by bike to the Balaclan to play Imagine, and a solo violinist who played mournfully in Trafalgar square before disappearing.
Last night this German man pulled a grand piano down the road behind his bike, and stopped 10 metres away from the Bataclan, the scene of the horrible concert-massacre in central Paris. Then he started playing Lennon’s Imagine in front of a gathering on-street audience to create a moment everyone is sharing online.
A man tows a grand piano behind his bike. It has hover lights. And a bench. pic.twitter.com/DHWRZdXCEq
— Stu Mills (@StuMillsCBC) August 20, 2014
This man carried his piano in Paris and played “Imagine” by John Lennon near the Bataclan #ParisAttacks pic.twitter.com/Uhyfl4DHA8 — chloë (@ysIharold) November 14, 2015
In a similar moment in a vigil in London, a man played a single violin to the crowds gathered at Trafalgar Square. His music was emotional and captivating, causing people to hold up their phones as vigil-flashlights.
Simple, memorable moments of people and music coming together to mourn.
Have you seen other moments like this?