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Man City Star, Nathan Aké, donates brand new piano to Manchester-based community venue to mark International Piano Day

Posted: Tuesday 1st April

At the weekend, Manchester City footballer and piano player Nathan Aké surprised a Manchester-based community venue with a special donation of a digital piano.

Celebrating International Piano Day on Saturday 29th March, Band on the Wall, a not-for-profit youth music organisation, received a brand new Casio PX-S7000 digital piano, on behalf of Nathan and Casio Music UK. Members got to try it out immediately during the Saturday Music Club session.

The gift is part of a project set up by Nathan Ake and Casio Music UK called ‘Playing For Change’. Set up a year ago in partnership, the project aims to increase the access of the provision of music education around the country. This first-of-a-kind initiative has so far seen 12 CDP-S110 digital Casio pianos donated to disadvantaged schools around the UK experiencing lack of funding in relation to music provision, with more schools due to receive them.

Nathan learnt piano during the first Covid-19 lockdown and testifies to the benefits it brings, such as improved mental wellbeing, mental health, physical health, more focus time and much more. Like Casio, Nathan feels passionately that all children should have access to the benefits of music education. For International Piano Day this year, Nathan donated the brand new, professional range PX-S7000 Casio piano to Band on the Wall, so that it gives even more young people the opportunity to learn.

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