Things Bartolomeo Cristofori May Not Have Anticipated

Misha Mengelberg:

Ursula Oppens playing Elliott Carter:

Yuji Takahashi playing Iannis Xenakis:

 Conlon Nancarrow, Study No. 5:

Harpo Marx:

Pierre-Laurent Aimard playing Ligeti:

Sylvie Courvoisier:

Lisa Moore playing Rzewski:

1967 Radio Piano Smashing Contest:

Maurizio Pollini playing Stockhausen:

Henry Cowell's The Tides of Manaunan:

Cecil Taylor:

David Tudor playing John Cage's Music of Changes:

La Monte Young's X for Henry Flynt:

Jean Barraqué's Piano Sonata:

Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731), inventor of the piano: