Perhaps your childhood piano lessons made you never want to play the piano again. Perhaps a piano is too expensive for you to afford. Now, thanks to a programme in Sydney called "Play Me, I'm yours", people are able to play the piano in public places for free. They share beautiful music, and the programme also helps them communicate with each other.
Thirty pianos have been placed in different parts of the city, including in several parks, at a bus stop and on some streets. The pianos have the logos "Play Me, I'm yours" on them. People are invited to play music or sing songs with the pianos, no matter what level of ability they have. Lots of people have been attracted to the programme and stopped to watch or play the pianos.
“Play Me, I'm yours” is a part of the Sydney Festival. It is a project of the British artist, Luck Jerram. He wants to help people in the city connect with each other. He thinks that so many people are sitting in front of computers and busy with their work all hours, and they almost have no chance to enjoy music. So the purpose of the project is to help them relax and make new friends.
The programme "Play Me, I'm yours" also reached England and Brazil (巴西) before. It was warmly welcomed there. But its greatest success seems to come at the Sydney Festival, "It's a chance for people to be creative, communicate with strangers and just have some fun," Jerram said.
