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Outlook: Shipwrecks and Cardi B: Stories from behind the piano

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Cardi B performs sitting on the silver piano played by Chloe Flower

21/09/2021 GMT

Shipwrecks and Cardi B: Stories from behind the piano

BBC World Service - Outlook, Shipwrecks and Cardi B: Stories from behind the piano

Three pianists tell their stories - surviving a shipwreck, tiny toys and a viral virtuoso

Antimo Magnotta was the pianist on a cruise ship when disaster struck, Margaret Leng Tan dedicated her life to toys and Chloe Flower became a hit when she accompanied a superstar.

Antimo Magnotta was the pianist on board the Costa Concordia cruise ship when it hit a reef and sank in 2012. He was traumatised, but he rediscovered his love for the piano after a chance encounter. This interview was first broadcast in January 2017. 

After growing up in Singapore, Margaret Leng Tan became the first woman to earn a doctorate from the Julliard School of Music in New York. Her career took a turn when she discovered an instrument that she found truly captivating and she became the world's first professional toy piano virtuoso. Outlook's Tara Gadomski met her in New York. First aired in May 2019. 

Pianist Chloe Flower went from playing Bach to performing with Cardi B. She told Outlook's Nawal Al-Maghafi about their show-stopping performance at the 2019 Grammy Awards. This interview was first broadcast in April 2019. 

Featuring music by Antimo Magnotta. 

Picture: Cardi B sits on the silver piano played by Chloe Flower
Credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

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