![]() ![]() The group's YouTube videos show the musicians performing in a variety of settings. Van der Beek engineers, mixes and masters their studio sessions in addition to occasionally adding his own vocals Anderson oversees the group's video production, while Nelson and Anderson manage the content and business together. Schmidt, Nelson and van der Beek serve as songwriters for the group. They are especially well known for their mashups of classical and contemporary songs, such as blending Mozart and Adele, Liszt and Coldplay, Tchaikovsky and Shawn Mendes, Bach and Michael Jackson, or Vivaldi's " Winter" and Disney's " Let It Go". ![]() The Piano Guys draw on a variety of classical, pop, film score and original music in their compositions for piano and cello. Musical style The Piano Guys' Schmidt (left) and Nelson (right) perform live in 2012 A new album entitled 10 was released on November 20, 2020, as a celebration of their 10-year anniversary, and of their 10th album so far. ![]() Their seventh major-label album, Limitless, was released in November 2018 on Portrait/Sony Music Masterworks. A fifth album, Uncharted, was released in 2016, followed by a second Christmas album, Christmas Together, the following year. After signing, they released their first album, The Piano Guys, which sold gold, followed by The Piano Guys 2 and A Family Christmas in 2013, and Wonders in 2014, which debuted at #12 on the Billboard 200 chart. That month, facilitated by David Simoné and DSW Management, they signed with Sony Masterworks. īy September 2012, The Piano Guys had uploaded more than 30 music videos which had garnered 134 million views, and had 757,000 subscribers on their YouTube channel. Meanwhile, their focus of selling pianos shifted to solely making music videos and they decided to close the piano store, which closed in March 2012. In 20 the group uploaded a new music video every week to two weeks, attracting thousands of new viewers each time. In June 2011 the group won the "Most Up-and-Coming Channel" award in the YouTube "On the Rise" contest, which brought 25,000 new subscribers to their channel. "Michael Meets Mozart" (2011) gained a respectable showing after Schmidt invited the people on his fan mailing list "to watch it and share it". Shaye Scott and Tel Stewart assisted with video production. ![]() Nelson brought his neighbor, van der Beek, a songwriter and music arranger, onto the team. Anderson asked the musicians to do more videos that he would professionally film and upload to his store's Facebook and YouTube pages to promote his store. That video logged more than one million hits. In 2009 Anderson saw a music video that Schmidt had uploaded to YouTube, "Love Story Meets Viva la Vida" – a musical blend of the Taylor Swift country pop tune and Coldplay's pop song " Viva la Vida", which Schmidt performed with Nelson on cello. Anderson was acquainted with Schmidt, a locally notable pianist who often came in to practice on the pianos when he was in town. Schmidt knew Nelson from years of performing and recording together. The group originated as a social media strategy for Anderson's piano store, The Piano Guys, in St. Their first eight major-label studio albums, The Piano Guys, The Piano Guys 2, A Family Christmas, Wonders, Uncharted, Christmas Together, Limitless, and 10, each reached number one on Billboard Classical Albums or New Age Albums charts. As of March 2020 the group had surpassed 2 billion views on their YouTube channel and had 6.7 million subscribers. Originating in Utah, they gained popularity through YouTube, where in 2011 they began posting piano and cello compositions combining classical, pop, film score and original music, showcased through elaborate or cinematic videos. The Piano Guys is an American musical group consisting of pianist Jon Schmidt, cellist Steven Sharp Nelson, videographer Paul Anderson, and music producer Al van der Beek. ![]()
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