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00:16Welcome to The Piano where today we've brought you to one of the greatest
00:20landmarks in international music, Broadway Shopping Centre. Look it's not much of a
00:27music mecca just yet but wait till we fire up our piano I assure you you are in
00:32for some razzle-dazzle. Here on Gadigal land a lineup of talented everyday Aussies
00:42will once again gather at our piano. They're gonna love you. To delight
00:47passing shoppers. And with music comes magic. You'll get goosebumps, have your
00:57heart broken and your faith restored.
01:07As you now know there's a twist our pianists won't just be performing for
01:13the public. Attempting to hide in a room full of mannequins are two of
01:18Australia's most iconic musicians. Okay. It's kind of what I expected. Yeah. If I'm being honest being at a shopping
01:25centre.
01:25It makes sense being at a shopping centre. The first is the internationally acclaimed
01:29concert pianist Andrea Lamb. Wait here's the new guy. There we go. Who's joined by
01:34multi-award-winning multi-instrumentalist Guy Sebastian. I think we should call him Bob.
01:40What'd he do if you put him in a pool. At each location they have the difficult task of selecting
01:46one pianist for the opportunity of a lifetime. The chance to perform in concert at the City Recital
01:53Hall in Sydney. Three incredible pianists have already been invited with just two
01:59more spots left to fill. I haven't been this excited to be in a shopping centre since
02:04the Boxing Day sales. This is The Piano.
02:17Hello. Hello. Look at you and your friends. Your headless friends. It's not where you thought you'd be
02:23when you heard now you're heading to Broadway. I know. Well welcome to Off Broadway. We are off
02:28Broadway. Only a couple of slots left for the concert. What are you thinking of? Lots of pressure. I think
02:34we
02:34have a good amount of variety already so I think that we can just look for whoever has that inexplicable
02:40something that we both respond to. And I think we need someone who can put on a show. What's really
02:46refreshing about this experience for me is that it's not competitive. It really is just about the
02:50impact that the piano had on all of these people's lives. Sorry. Did I squash your finger? No, no, no.
02:57I shoved my thin finger into it. I know, my God. You've smashed her fingers. That's the equivalent of
03:03her going. Well, good luck everybody. Thank you. All right, see you soon. See ya. Okay. First of the day.
03:10What do we have?
03:14My name is Ferretti. I'm Samoin. Blessed to be a big brown dude that loves to eat food. My wife
03:22pushed me to come in today so thank you Mila. Thank you wife. Sorry. Let the man through. He looks
03:29more
03:29like a piano removalist. Oh, he could like lift up the piano. I wouldn't have thought you'd have to
03:34fight your way through. Amanda, Ferretti. Hi Ferretti, come and join me. Lovely to meet you. Is that still big
03:39enough?
03:39Yeah, should be all right. Gonna be okay? I've never seen that piano look so small.
03:45What do you do for a living? So I'm currently a chaplain at a high school and primary school.
03:49I'm also a former professional rugby player too. You are the rugbyest of rugby players. I should have
03:55known the way you made your way through that crowd. Yeah, yeah. Oh wow. Yeah, that's cool. How
04:00come you've got all your teeth and no broken nose? Just blessed. And your hands, they're beautiful hands.
04:05He's got some big hands. His reach will be huge. Are they completely different skill sets, rugby and
04:11playing the piano? Anyone knows that plays the piano, there's a lot of practice and a lot of hours
04:15involved. Rugby's very similar. But don't tackle the piano. I think I'll be all right. Nah. So you're no
04:22longer a rugby player? I retired about five years ago and just to look after my family. I had children
04:28young, my wife and I. So I'm a father of five. Five kids. What a machine. How old were you
04:35when
04:35your first child was born? I was 17. Wow. Funny story, I rocked up to the hospital with my school
04:41uniform and for the birth of my baby. A lot of life he's lived. Do you have a piano at
04:47home? No, I don't.
04:48This will be the first time where my children, they sort of watch me just play as me. Well, I
04:53know they'll
04:53be in your heart as you play today. Can't wait to hear it. I'll be over there. Cheers. Thank you.
04:58I have no idea how Freddie's going to play. I'm really curious. That's going to be a great shot.
05:22Oh, that's a good choice. Great song, yes.
05:30Stevie's not easy to play too. That's true.
05:38The definition of all of the fingers, really good.
05:44There's a lot of like natural movement from his body so that the weight goes into the keyboard,
05:49there's no stiffness or tension. Yeah, he's so relaxed. He's right in it.
05:57So good.
06:01My partner and I are high school sweethearts. She's my best mate.
06:07Everything to her. She's patient and worked with the children and helped raise them on rugby trips
06:13away. So she's amazing. I love the fact that she convinced me to just keep following through with
06:20my piano playing. I love it. So thank you, baby. I love you.
06:34Thank you so much. We loved it. But you're really interesting to have him in the concert.
06:38Yeah. Like you can imagine him doing that, for example, but then putting some percussive
06:45elements around it or just something that takes it to that next level.
06:48I think so too. Hello. Who's your mate? Rosie. Hello. Can I hold Rosie? Yeah, yeah.
06:55What are you doing here? We're filming a show called The Piano.
07:00Does Rosie like piano music? Yeah, she does. She likes all music.
07:03She's going to hear some music soon. So why don't you hang around?
07:06I've got to go to Coles. I'll come back. All right. Come back.
07:09Take Rosie into Coles and then come back. Okay. I'll see you in the birdseed aisle.
07:13Bye.
07:18Okay. Broadway, who are you giving us next?
07:22This guy's a bit too casual. You never know. No, it's not him.
07:28This lady looks beautifully dressed. It's always the purpose walkers.
07:31That's true. Sorry, sorry, sorry. Oh, thank you.
07:39Hello. I'm Amanda. I'm Belinda. Hi, Belinda.
07:43Don't you look beautiful. Come and sit down.
07:44Oh, thank you. Tell me about you.
07:47I'm a mum to two beautiful children who are here today.
07:50I started playing piano when I was four and I actually used to compete against Andrea Lamb.
07:56I have never heard of her. Oh, your arch nemesis is here.
08:02I wonder where she's been. And then being a pianist,
08:06dexterity was on my side, so I became a surgeon.
08:10Oh, wow.
08:12I've been practising as a breast cancer surgeon for about 12 years.
08:17There are so many things that I love about my job.
08:20So we're about to take out a pre-cancerous breast lesion.
08:25I'm very fortunate. I've chosen an all-female team, which makes the patients very comfortable.
08:33I feel it is a real privilege to be able to help these women and to see them beat this
08:39thing.
08:40Belinda is a superhero. She's amazing.
08:43Well, I feel a little inadequate.
08:46I know. What are we doing with our lives?
08:49Belinda, I cannot wait to hear you play.
08:54I'm feeling a little bit nervous today. It's been a long time since I've played the piano in public,
09:00so really special to have a lot of support.
09:03Are you one of her patients? Please come and join us.
09:07Oh, wow.
09:08How are you going?
09:09I'm good. Great. Thanks to Belinda.
09:12Are you the anaesthetist? Come on in.
09:14Oh, I love this.
09:16Hello.
09:17Hi.
09:18So you've met before, obviously.
09:20Oh, I...
09:20You might have been asleep.
09:23It's such a beautiful moment, I think, to have your worlds collide like this.
09:27Yeah.
09:27Look at this sharp-dressed family over here.
09:30How do you feel when you watch your wife play?
09:32When she plays the piano, that's her happy place.
09:34And, uh, I can tell when she gets home that she's had a challenging day.
09:39When she sees patients with similar-aged kids and similar stage to her,
09:44and, uh, the relaxation is playing the piano.
10:10She has a lovely approach to the piano.
10:18And the way that she's phrasing is so beautiful.
10:21So clean.
10:33Everybody knows somebody who's affected by breast cancer, and music is something that can support,
10:40and encourage, and lift their spirits during difficult and challenging times.
10:47I'd like to play today's piece for my patients.
10:53For the ones that have fought and won.
10:56To the ones that have fought and lost.
11:00The ones that are fighting.
11:04The ones that are still yet to fight.
11:18Absolutely beautiful.
11:21Wow, that was great.
11:23That was awesome.
11:24Make a bow.
11:27Is Belinda our piano player for the concert?
11:30She could be.
11:31She has that something that can't be taught.
11:33It's like this very beautiful sense of phrasing and line and rhythm and pulse.
11:38I can definitely picture her at the concert.
11:40Oh, that was absolutely beautiful.
11:42How did you feel?
11:44Oh, nervous.
11:45I think surgery was easier than doing that.
11:47Thank you for coming today.
11:48We've loved it.
11:52It proves that not all superheroes wear capes.
11:56That's true.
11:56Some wear scrubs.
11:58That's true.
12:01Let's see who's next to perform on Broadway.
12:05I hope you're coming to see me because you look like a character.
12:09I am.
12:10I know that person.
12:12Really?
12:13I'm Amanda.
12:14Come and join me.
12:15Hello.
12:15How do you do?
12:15Oh my gosh.
12:17Paul Fluffy Sinclair.
12:19That's definitely him.
12:20Do you want me to call you Paul or Mr Sinclair or Fluffy?
12:23Your choice.
12:23I get sent this bloke all the time.
12:26He is so funny and he's quite big on socials.
12:30My full name is Paul Bradley Sinclair.
12:34Fluffy's my nickname and yeah, I don't know how this happened,
12:38but I've become a bit of a social media celebrity.
12:41Hey, look at this storm coming in.
12:43He literally talks about the most mundane things.
12:46Should there be pineapple on a pizza?
12:49But he somehow narrates it in the most colourful, hilarious ways.
12:53He's brilliant.
12:54Scroll on if you don't want to find out this fact.
12:56You're famous for your catchphrase.
12:59I love catchphrases.
13:00I'm going to give you permission to say it to me right here, right now.
13:04There's a lot of profanity, so...
13:06Hey, hey, hey, hey.
13:13They won't air that, will they?
13:18My videos are all about my travels.
13:22But three years ago, I decided to sell up everything.
13:26And now I live on the road.
13:29What's it like living out of my Tampa trailer?
13:32I love it.
13:36Oh, she's rank, ripe.
13:39Tell you what.
13:40So I'm based currently just outside Maitland in New South Wales, doing waste management
13:44at a music festival site.
13:46Or the Green Team, we call it.
13:48You've got to get pretty close.
13:50Just cleaning the bins, cleaning the toilets.
13:53It's not the most glamorous of jobs, but I'm just good at it.
13:57Night-night toilets.
13:58Fluffy, pleasure to meet you.
14:00I'm so glad you're here.
14:01Lovely to meet you.
14:02I'm going to stand over there.
14:03It's time for you to let Fluffy off the chain.
14:05Okay, get ready.
14:07Fluffy, buckle up.
14:09Okay, what's Fluffy going to play?
14:21Well, I wouldn't have picked that.
14:24Paul Fluffy is in Clare, playing Amazing Grace.
14:27So random, I love it.
14:33Oh, Fluffy is a beautiful player.
14:37The message I try to get across in my videos is just be yourself.
14:43And playing the piano helped me do that.
14:46Yes, I love it.
14:49It's your classic case of don't judge a book by its cover.
15:01Fluffy, you're crazy.
15:03Round of applause for Fluffy.
15:07I'm so excited to meet him.
15:09I'm definitely getting a selfie.
15:11I bet I could grow a beard like that if I wanted.
15:15Flamboyant boast.
15:21My name's Caitlin.
15:22I'm 14 and I'm from Sydney.
15:25Tell me about your family.
15:26I can see your family over here.
15:27I came here today with my two brothers, Lachlan and Ethan, my dad.
15:32The big sister.
15:33Yeah.
15:33Are you bossy?
15:34Sometimes.
15:36She does not look bossy.
15:38How long have you been playing the piano?
15:39I've been playing it since I was four.
15:41It's like the best time ever whenever I play, especially when I see how other people become
15:45so happy whenever they hear my music, especially Lachlan.
15:54Oh, now, yeah, catch.
15:56Three, two, one, catch.
15:57Almost, it's okay.
15:59Lachlan's really special to me because he'll always brighten up my day.
16:03You got this.
16:04Three, two, one, catch.
16:07He always just lightens up the room.
16:09You can tell the atmosphere always brightens up whenever he walks into a conversation.
16:12If I lift you up, three, two, oh, oh, good job.
16:18I'm so grateful that he came into this world and I can teach him so much.
16:23I teach Lachlan a lot.
16:24You teach him music?
16:25Yeah, because people wouldn't teach him.
16:27Why wouldn't they?
16:29Because he had Down syndrome and they thought that he was less capable.
16:35I think that maybe the other teachers maybe were a little bit too shallow.
16:41If you do this, then you run out of fingers.
16:44If you run out of fingers, what are you going to do?
16:45Because I know that he's really capable of doing anything he wants to do.
16:50Now go.
16:51And that also, I wanted Lachlan to have the same opportunities that I had when learning the piano.
16:57Caitlin is the best teacher.
17:03Is piano teaching something you'd like to do or is it just for Lachlan?
17:07No, I want to do piano teaching for like a lot of people because I'm figuring that there are other
17:12people out there like Lachlan who can't find a good teacher.
17:16So if I can teach them, that would be really, really good.
17:18That's really lovely.
17:20What are you playing today?
17:21I'm going to be playing an Etude in C minor by Rachmaninoff.
17:24It's Lachlan's favourite piece actually and it's quite fast and Lachlan really likes fast pieces.
17:30This is a really hard piece.
17:31So I'll leave you to Rachmaninoff and I'll rag off.
17:34Yeah.
17:34Good luck, Caitlin.
17:36Etudes are designed to be tricky.
17:38Like they are really difficult exercises in written form.
17:42So if someone's playing this, they've got to be good.
17:46Yeah.
17:47Hi Lachlan, how are you?
17:49How are you feeling watching your sister play the piano in this big shopping centre?
17:53I'm a little bit nervous.
17:54Isn't it?
17:55Are you a bit nervous for her?
17:56Well, this is a big day that we're celebrating for your sister.
18:00All right, let's get ready.
18:01This is going to be great.
18:11Ooh.
18:13Wow, that's fast.
18:15Yeah, it's great.
18:19Lachlan always dances whenever I play.
18:25Look at Lachlan.
18:28It doesn't matter what I'm playing, he'll just dance.
18:33And sometimes he'll even request songs.
18:35Like I'll be in the middle of playing and then he'll be like play it,
18:38shut up and dance with me or something.
18:40That's one of his favourite songs.
18:46Is this part of the song?
18:48No.
18:48No.
18:48It's like a medley.
18:57Yes, Lucky, get it.
18:58Come on.
19:05There's not a person out there that isn't smiling right now.
19:14And her technique is actually really good.
19:17Her definition's great, those big opt-ins.
19:20Also just the way that she's approaching the piano is really fantastic and organic.
19:27It's really good.
19:30Caitlin can play.
19:32Yeah.
19:34But what is so incredibly beautiful about this is the relationship with her and Lucky
19:40and how what she does has an immediate impact to someone that she loves.
19:49Oh, well done.
19:51Yeah.
19:52Crushed it.
19:54Lucky and Caitlin.
19:59Sergey Rachmaninoff was a brilliant pianist, a composer and conductor.
20:03And like Caitlin, he amazed his teachers at a very young age with his jaw-dropping abilities.
20:09He also had quite possibly the largest hands in classical music,
20:12which is what makes some of his pieces so hard for young players.
20:16He could span 12 keys from the tip of his little finger to the tip of his thumb.
20:21But wow, you should have seen him catch a football.
20:26Rachmaninoff was also exceptionally skilled at improvisation,
20:30just like our next amateur pianist, Saoirse.
20:42I love how improvising, it just offers you so much freedom to explore.
20:49I just lose myself in it.
20:50And after I came out as a trans woman, the piano, it was there for me.
20:58It helps me express myself.
21:03It's improvised, but there is some structure to it,
21:06like that little repeated melody she just played, which I like.
21:10It's beautiful.
21:12As a dad, I'm incredibly proud of Saoirse,
21:17and it's just so wonderful to see her happy and flourishing in life.
21:26I'm just overjoyed to see the way in which music is so central to that,
21:31and the piano is her instrument of choice.
21:50Here at our public piano, people from all walks of life are swapping their shopping for the sounds of
21:56sonatas. So time now to meet today's youngest performer.
22:01Yeah, nice to meet you. My name's Spencer, and I'm from Armidale,
22:04so in New South Wales near Tamworth. I'm 10 years old.
22:08Tell me about your family.
22:09Um, yeah, so that's Dad, that's Mum, that's Otis, so he's five years old.
22:13Otis.
22:14And that's Harriet.
22:15Well, hello to everybody. And how long have you been playing the piano?
22:19Um, two and a half years. We'll be three in February.
22:21Okay, it's very specific.
22:23Aww.
22:24So cute.
22:25So what's going on with you?
22:27I've had it very rough.
22:28Tell me what's happened.
22:29Um, so, term two, I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease.
22:33Oh my gosh.
22:35It's like inflammation that attacks your intestines, your stomach and whatnot.
22:40Spencer has been sick for probably the last year without us really knowing what was going on,
22:45and it wasn't until five months ago that he got really sick with malnutrition.
22:49He started to lose a lot of weight and he could no longer walk.
22:53That's when they found out that he had Crohn's disease and he had it in extreme form.
22:57Yeah.
22:57What a scary time for you all.
22:59Yeah.
23:00And yet here you are playing this public piano in a big public place.
23:04Yeah.
23:05You're going to be okay with the pedals?
23:06Yeah, I'll be fine.
23:07You let me know if you want me to do the pedals for you.
23:09It's like driving.
23:11You should see how badly I drive.
23:12Yeah.
23:15God, look at the crowd.
23:16They're going to love you.
23:19I love this kid.
23:21He's so great.
23:22Well, hello.
23:23What a year you guys have had.
23:25We have.
23:26How are you going to feel watching him right here right now?
23:28I might cry.
23:28Of your quiet title.
23:30He's about to start getting ready.
23:33Today I'll be playing Rainy Saturday by Emma Diemer.
23:36It's a classical piece and I just love classical.
23:39That's my thing.
24:01So elegant.
24:06When I was in hospital, there was no piano there.
24:10So I couldn't play or anything.
24:12So it was very sad.
24:17It's the worst thing seeing your child so sick.
24:20There was a point where he couldn't even stand on his feet.
24:23He was in so much pain and missed playing piano, which was really devastating for him
24:28because it's his outlet.
24:31Then he starts to get better and you start to see a bit of a light at the end of
24:34the tunnel
24:35and you realise that it's going to be tough, but you can get through it.
24:46Having a piano next to me, it just makes me feel better.
24:49I feel very free when I play.
24:53Spencer's amazing.
24:54It's one of the hardest things on the piano is to create a sense of line and cantable and legato
24:59when they're in the right hand in the melody.
25:01And he does that so beautifully.
25:03Yeah.
25:04And he's 10.
25:05Yeah.
25:06He's a little star.
25:15Oh, wow!
25:20That was unbelievable.
25:22He really is.
25:24Spencer, take a bow.
25:25Take a bow.
25:27Why am I bowing?
25:30Spencer's definitely up for consideration for the concert.
25:33He is very special.
25:34Yeah.
25:34I've never seen anyone quite like Spencer.
25:37I'm so proud.
25:38You were great.
25:39From complex classical pieces to contemporary pop bangers, the piano can do it all.
25:45Not bad for an instrument that's over 300 years old.
25:48Finally, you've come along.
25:52The way I feel about you.
25:53Oh, she can play.
25:55Yeah.
26:00It's got the crowd going.
26:03No, no, no, no.
26:05Finally, it is happening to me.
26:08You're like, oh, I was just coming here to get some eggs.
26:11And I'm hiding.
26:13Finally, it is happening to me.
26:21Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
26:31Hi.
26:31Hi.
26:32Are you enjoying your front row seat for the music?
26:34We certainly are.
26:35The smells of this shop are extraordinary.
26:37I'm like the royal family.
26:38I don't have any money with me, but some other person will come and pay a little bit later.
26:42Sure they will.
26:44Well, there you go.
26:44No worries.
26:45Have a great day.
26:46Why don't I always put the piano close to all the delicious food?
26:50It's not my fault.
26:52Oh, yum.
26:57My name is Meryl.
26:59I'm originally from Iran, and I've been in Australia for three fantastic years.
27:04Maybe the best years of my life.
27:06I love Australia.
27:08Who's here with you today?
27:10I've got my parents over.
27:13They came specially for this from Iran.
27:15They've traveled here to see you today.
27:18Yes.
27:19Have they been to Australia before?
27:20No, it's the first time they especially came for this moment.
27:24It's so cool.
27:25I come from a line of pioneer people and starts with my mom.
27:30She was so in love with piano, but lots of music was forbidden in Iran, especially for women.
27:38There were no music shops around, so she drew all the keys of the piano
27:44on a piece of paper, and she stuck that to a table.
27:48That's how she practiced for a while, obviously with no sound.
27:51Just pressing a piece of paper?
27:52Yes.
27:53That's amazing.
27:54Phenomenal.
27:55And when they found a piano, they sold their car, they borrowed money to get that piano,
28:01and they had to wrap it as a cupboard, and they carried a mirror along, so it looks like...
28:07Pretending it was part of the cupboard.
28:09Yes.
28:09If they got caught, there would be so much trouble.
28:13It was very scary.
28:15Wow.
28:16Yeah.
28:17It's hard to imagine you had to be secretive about music.
28:20Living in Australia and having such freedom, you sometimes take it for granted.
28:25But my mom wouldn't give up on music. I mean, that's why she's my hero.
28:32What an experience for them, and what an experience for you.
28:35Yes, truly.
28:36Good luck. Can't wait to hear you.
28:39What a beautiful intro to Australia for the mum and dad.
28:43Your daughter spoke so beautifully about the role you have played in her life,
28:48and how she wants to honour you today.
28:52Yes.
28:53It's a great day for us too.
28:55Oh, her mum looks so proud.
28:58Her mum, yeah.
29:00All those years where you all had to play in private,
29:04does it feel liberating in some way to see Maral perform here in a big shopping centre?
29:11I think that she's playing for all the world.
29:37She's a beautiful player.
29:44I love how this composition has almost a strummed quality to it,
29:48like it's a stringed instrument.
29:57As a female in Iran, there are lots of things that you can't do.
30:02So the song I'm playing today is an ode to what a long way the Persian women have come.
30:10Especially my mom.
30:13She paved the way for me.
30:15So where am I standing right now is because of what she did.
30:22This is a song of hope and survival.
30:28When some people play music, it feels like they're speaking,
30:31rather than playing an instrument.
30:33It feels like she's speaking through this.
30:35She's breathing it.
30:51Now this is a song of love.
31:03i love she got to share that with her mom i'm so thrilled for you both that was so beautiful
31:08thank you for sharing your story with us thank you i wonder thank you thank you
31:18it's an incredible moment just really coming full circle yeah family
31:28she's saying that she's so excited and her heart is beating and yeah she's very excited
31:43look at you two making a spectacle of yourself these are my sons have you just come to lurk
31:49yes well can i please borrow your credit card quickly oh good on you all right
31:53look i've got to get back to the piano try and get a bit of culture would it kill you
32:05okay broadway i don't know what we're going to get next
32:10could it be him
32:13he looks nervous doesn't he he does look nervous
32:17or maybe he just hates shopping
32:21hello i'm amanda adriano adriano come and sit down
32:25it is him how are you i'm very very nervous he looks like he needs to take a couple of
32:30deep breaths i'm just a bartender in northmead so i have never played in front of strangers
32:36before so well it's definitely a first well we're all ready to love you tell me a little
32:43bit about you i live with my mom and my dad and my little brother michael did you grow up
32:49playing
32:49the piano um yeah i did but um sort of stopped um for a few years and um a bit
32:56later on in my life i
32:57sort of picked it back up again what made you pick it up again so um in 2019 my brother
33:03passed away
33:11christopher was my younger brother
33:22he just had turned 18 four days before when he was involved in a construction site accident
33:32christopher cassaniti died after he was crushed by collapsing scaffolding
33:36at macquarie park it obviously broke us all we all cope in our own different ways that i cope by
33:47playing the piano
33:56i feel connected to christopher through the music
34:02when we were younger me and my brothers used to have a toy rock band we would be singing old
34:08mcdonald had a farm
34:11when i play the piano i see all of the good memories the time spent just me and him
34:19i miss my brother every day
34:23i wish i could hug my brother one more time i would do anything to to give him the the
34:30tightest hug
34:38what are you going to play today i'm going to play see you again by wiz khalifa and charlie pooth
34:43it was one of his favorite songs after he passed away for his funeral we actually played it as we
34:48were
34:49doing the the slideshow um and that was one of the most powerful moments i've ever been a part
34:56of i can't wait to hear you play even though i'm going to need the tissues adriano thank you
35:01i just want to give adriano a big hug same it's such a big moment for him
35:10i'm hoping that i can make christopher proud just to feel a little bit closer to him
35:26it's been a long day
35:32without you my friend and i'll tell you all
35:57it's been a long day
36:00without you my friend
36:03and i'll tell you all about it when i say
36:07you know adriano
36:10you've come a long way
36:13from where we began
36:16oh i'll tell you all about it when i see you again so let the light guide your way
36:30i'll tell you all about it when i see you again so i'll tell you all about it when i
36:42see you again
36:44there's so much happening
36:47in his mind and his heart
36:50it's been a long day without you my friend my boys find it extremely hard to speak about christopher
37:00even sitting at the dinner table we don't speak about christopher
37:08and i'll tell you all about it when i see you again
37:17when i see you again
37:29adriano
37:30you did it
37:33in the past it has been difficult to
37:36to talk about christopher but doing stuff like this really helps
37:46i think if christopher was here right now he'd probably say
37:49you did a good job and i'm really really proud of you
37:52i'm watching this with my two sons who've come to watch our filming today
37:57and standing next to patrizia adriano's mum
38:05well it's it's hard
38:08christopher would absolutely love that that was beautiful
38:23ah here we are
38:26she's waving at you oh hello and welcome hello
38:30okay two stairs and then there's a stool
38:34can i help you sit down you're okay yeah your hands are lovely and warm
38:40i'm amanda what's your name uh i'm iconics
38:43iconics what a cool name is that mum that came with you yeah
38:48i've noticed you walked in with a cane and your mum was helping i lost my eyes
38:53to retinoblastoma which is a sort of eye cancer and i lost that when i was a toddler
39:00wow
39:02iconics is totally blind when she was just a baby it was noticed that something wasn't right
39:09and unfortunately found out that she did have cancer in her eyes so end result is that she
39:16has prosthetic eyes which are beautiful it was a hard decision for the doctors but it's meant she's
39:22alive and she's living life fully so really grateful for that has your vision impairment held you back at
39:29all never it's not a disability for me i reckon it's the least interesting thing about me i always
39:36say i'm a musician first indigenous second and then i'm blind oh i love that yeah i have a
39:42synesthesia so i feel things more with the music than i think people with sight do so i can
39:48relate it to colors i relate people's voices to instruments sometimes that's extraordinary when
39:53you're listening to me now what are you picking up your voice reminds me of like a cello deep but
39:58rich like honey and oh that's the most beautiful thing anybody has ever said to me
40:04and synesthesia i think is another sort of superpower another lens to see music in the world
40:10i cannot wait to hear you play i'm going to go and stand with mum iconics over to you
40:17i wonder what iconics would think our voices sound like
40:21kazoo
40:24iconics is quite remarkable
40:26you're going to get emotional yeah probably i usually do
40:35oh here we go
40:46when you were here before
40:52couldn't look you in the eye
41:17beautiful tone yeah old song
41:24it's a sweet voice
41:28it's an easy feat tackling a radiohead song there's complex modulations and lots of beautiful layers
41:36yeah i want a perfect body as a vision impaired person you can feel like an outsider
41:43this song really reflects that and that's why i think it really connects
41:50she's running out she's run run run run
42:00but even if i could see i'd be doing what i'm doing
42:03i love her music being vision impaired just opened up all the other senses and made it much more strong
42:16she's doing a great job absolutely
42:18i wish i was special
42:22what i love most about iconics is her spirit she's taught me don't let anyone put you in a box
42:30when i'm agreeing and say what you can do or can't do
42:36i don't belong here
42:49i don't belong here
42:51i don't want to go in the blood and i have a bit too
42:53you are a superstar
42:55it's such a beautiful gift that iconics has this show kicks me in the feels all the time
43:01i want to get another biscuit
43:05you look proud um i'm just a bit hungry frankly not proud yeah for sure but mainly hungry i want
43:13donuts now
43:19as our day draws to a close and the shops begin to shut oh about to finish lads this is
43:26like an
43:26entirely new experience i've asked all of our amazing amateur pianists to pull up a pew one last
43:32time hi we're sitting next to something three two one and go because in just a moment i'll be
43:39revealing that our experts have been secretly watching on and they will invite one of them to
43:44perform at a very special concert oh here she is to save the day oh well broadway has delivered
43:53who's it going to be can we just take more than one how many times have we had this discussion
43:59andrea no you know very well the rules one per location five this is why you're paid the mediocre
44:05bucks is that two of you have to come up with one i loved belinda
44:13what she does is so important and then to be able to decompress through such beautiful music
44:20she's a complete superhero one that keeps popping up for us is caitlin
44:28she's really excellent she can play and then also her relationship with locky and her family
44:36was so beautiful one of my favorites was ferretti the double door fridge i know and he carries the
44:44world on his shoulders and he can played great didn't he just yeah it's such a different approach
44:52right because we've got some classical players he was all soul all soul all soul
45:00we will make a decision we will we have to you've read your contract just give us about six hours
45:04yeah
45:07okay let's get to work
45:18well hello hi how are you all yeah nice to see you all together have you had the best day
45:26ever
45:26yeah oh i hope you have you may have had an inkling that you've been watched
45:34but you don't know by who and you don't know where
45:39shall we reveal our little secret yeah just down there in a room full of headless mannequins
45:45are two of australia's best musicians one of course is concert pianist andrea lamb
45:53wow wow the other is aria award-winning musician guy sebastian
45:58come on out come on out oh my god hurry up joe
46:08oh my god hello i feel like i need to hug you
46:14i brought one of our trophies from one of those inner west sebris with those like
46:24theodore sebastian theodore sebastian you are so funny you've brought so much joy to me really
46:33you were awesome i hope your family were very proud of you
46:38it's lovely to meet you thank you for sharing it was beautiful of course
46:44it's true broadway brought it i felt like we got a glimpse into everybody's lives a little bit and
46:50the deepest parts of themselves with some people and it was just a real privilege to be a part of
46:55that you may know we're putting together a concert at city recital hall and we want all of you guys
47:02to
47:03come as our vip guest oh awesome and there's one person that we would like to join us on stage
47:11and this person is caitlin oh well done caitlin i'm so surprised i couldn't believe it actually
47:20yeah i'm speechless this is the best day of my whole entire life congratulations thank you my favorite
47:26parts where you were playing and you kept looking back to lachlan yeah it's so difficult though because
47:31i had to like switch my head around yeah but you didn't miss a beat i'm really happy with where
47:36we
47:36landed with choosing caitlin to perform oh don't you dare look back just keep your eyes on me
47:41i feel like anything we throw at her she's going to handle with such class and dignity
47:46she just really brought this presence here at broadway
47:55oh the day today has been amazing knowing what how much music and piano means to us has just been
48:02a
48:02beautiful thing and then also yeah guy sebastian man awesome legend see you brother lovely to meet
48:08you hey take care yes sir see you then
48:16that i just dapped guy sebastian again not many people can say they dapped up guy sebastian
48:24i did next time melbourne we're coming for you
48:33the piano drops into dandenong market did someone not tell him that we've got a piano here to find our
48:40final amateur pianist who'll join our very special concert he lives for entertaining so come and play
48:48judy judy judy judy judy judy judy and share our love of the piano got a little kiss bumps in
48:54myregion
48:56my brother
48:57my friend
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