![]() The Piano Guys’ Jon Schmidt (Pianist) and Steven Sharp Nelson (Cellist) on stage. Well, turns out that Paul Anderson, the producer and videographer used to own a piano shop of the same name and Jon came in one day to ask if he could practise on his piano for a gig later that night. Paul started making and uploading videos of him (and later of both him and Steven Sharp Nelson performing together) to YouTube and they became a hit. With their lead stars being a pianist and a cellist, the name is kind of a misnomer. Guess some advertising is useful after all. ![]() Ironically, I knew of this concert via one of the things I hated on Facebook – Suggested Posts. My wish came true when LAMC Productions brought them in to perform in Singapore on Monday. The group shot to fame on YouTube, garnering a total of over 260 million views on their YouTube channel.Įver since I discovered their superb performances via a video of pianist Jon Schmidt and cellist Steven Sharp Nelson performing a mashup of Taylor Swift’s Love Story and Coldplay’s Viva la Vida, I’ve been watching all their videos on YouTube and wished they’d perform here. On Monday, YouTube sensation The Piano Guys performed in the Star Theatre in Singapore to a 4,000+ strong audience. Enjoy and stay tuned for more.Pianist Jon Schmidt and Cellist Steven Sharp Nelson from “The Piano Guys” giving an encore performance to the audience. The free Viva la Vida piano sheet music can be downloaded below. For example, "pillars of sand" is a reference to the biblical parable given by Jesus about the fool who built his house on sand, and the wise man who built it on solid rock, while "pillars of salt" is a reference to Lot's wife, who was turned into a pillar of salt. Other powerful influences that aided to the birth of this song were the religious ones. The painting is actually an irony one that is acclaiming life is physically suffering.Ĭhris Martin stated about the album's title that it clearly expresses the pain. In the Spanish language, "viva" is often use to praise someone for something they did. Its title, "Viva la Vida" gave the song's name. The most powerful inspiration source for the song was a painting by 20th century Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. In the US, the song was the sixth one to exceed the 4 million threshold for paid downloads.īy the year 2014, the song was sold in over 7 million copies worldwide and over 6 million alone by June of 2013. In 2009, at the 51st Grammy Awards ceremony, Coldplay's single won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year. This was an important thing for the band, because it was their first number-one single in both the United States and United Kingdom. ![]() It jumped to the top position of the UK Singles Chart and Billboard Hot 100 quickly. Playing "Viva La Vida's" sheet music expresses the powerful religious and historical influences.Ĭoldplay's song had a huge success. The song itself is composed from a repeating string section in unison with a digital processed piano with a timpani background. "Viva La Vida" has powerful Christian and historical influences. In Spanish, the song can be translated in two ways, "Long Live Life" or "Live the Life". The free Viva La Vida piano sheets are stunning. "Viva La Vida" was released as the second single from the album. The song was distributed and released by Parlophone and Capitol Records, and it was produced by Markus Dravs, Brian Eno, Jon Hopkins and Rik Simpson. ![]() The Viva la Vida song was written by Coldplay's band members: Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin. On May 25, 2008, the great British band Coldplay released the "Viva la Vida" single, from their fourth studio album, titled "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends".
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