The Piano Guys

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中文名 鋼琴達人
外文名 the piano guys
性  質(zhì) 音樂組合
代表作 Love Story Meets Viva La Vida
藝人資料
The Piano Guys直譯為“鋼琴男孩兒”，臺灣翻譯成“酷音樂團”。apple music在中國區(qū)上架后，有譯“鋼琴達人”。作為Neo-classical目前的代表性樂團之一，初衷是創(chuàng)造出能夠激勵人們的音樂和視頻，想將自己的音樂帶給這個世界。The Piano Guys改編的古典音樂融合自然、過渡流暢，MV拍攝優(yōu)美大氣、富于想象力。
他們推出的音樂視頻制作巧妙，畫面優(yōu)美很適合邊聽邊看。他們常常為了達到最唯美震撼的效果到不同地方取景，甚至把鋼琴搬到一些意想不到的地方，讓樂迷驚嘆不已。他們在Youtube上的點擊率超高，全球各地都有粉絲。他們在2012年7月曾經(jīng)說過要想辦法到長城上演奏，結(jié)果真的在天津薊縣黃崖關長城實現(xiàn)了。鋼琴是從真武殿位置用吊車吊上長城后再由人抬鋼琴就位。這就是《功夫魔琴：大提琴的崛起》。
The Piano Guys的前身是美國猶他州圣喬治的一家樂器店。某天，Paul在店里等客人，Jon Schmidt走進來，希望能夠借一架鋼琴來為自己要演出的音樂會練習。Paul被Jon Schmidt的音樂天賦震驚了，之后他們就開始一起做MV。
2012年1月發(fā)行合集《The Piano Guys: Hits Volume 1》。3月發(fā)行錄音室專輯《Beethoven's 5 Secrets》。9月發(fā)行錄音室專輯《The Cello Song》，《Just the Way You Are》，《All of Me》和《Cello Wars》。10月發(fā)行錄音室專輯《The Piano Guys》。
2013年5月發(fā)行錄音室專輯《The Piano Guys 2》。10月發(fā)行錄音室專輯《A Family Christmas》。
2014年10月發(fā)行錄音室專輯《Wonders》。
2015年發(fā)行現(xiàn)場專輯《Live!》。
2016年4月發(fā)行單曲《The Jungle Book / Sarabande》。
The Piano Guys are an American musical group consisting of Jon Schmidt, Steven Sharp Nelson, Paul Anderson, and Al van der Beek. They gained popularity through YouTube, where they posted piano and cello renditions of popular songs and classical music. Schmidt and Nelson's music is accompanied by professional-quality videos shot and edited by Paul Anderson and formerly by Tel Stewart. Their first four major-label albums ‘The Piano Guys’, ‘The Piano Guys 2’, ‘A Family Christmas’, and ‘Wonders’ each reached number one on the ‘Billboard’ New Age Albums and Classical Albums charts.
Paul Anderson owned a piano shop in St. George, Utah. He met musician Jon Schmidt as the latter walked in to ask if he could practice there for an upcoming concert. Months later, Paul Anderson and Tel Stewart (then just for fun) started making videos together with Jon Schmidt. Not too long after that, they did their first collaboration with Jon Schmidt, along with Steven Sharp Nelson and Al Van Der Beek, studio and music technicians. After the five of them started collaborating, the group took off, producing a music video each week and posting it to YouTube.
Several of the group's YouTube videos have over 20 million views, while each of them has over 750,000. As of October 2015, The Piano Guys' YouTube channel had more than half a billion total video views and over four million subscribers. In June 2011, The Piano Guys won the "Most Up-and-Coming Channel" award in the YouTube "On the Rise" contest with "Michael Meets Mozart" with Jon Schmidt and Steven Sharp Nelson.
In September 2012, it was announced that the Piano Guys had been signed by Sony.This resulted in a worldwide release of the album ‘The Piano Guys’, followed in 2013 by ‘The Piano Guys 2’, and ‘Wonders’ in 2014.
Single “Fight Song / Amazing Grace”was released in August 2015.”A Sky Full of Stars”was released on October.Live album ‘Live!’was released in November.
Single “Hello / Lacrimosa”was released on January 2016.Single “The Jungle Book / Sarabande”was released in April.