(L-R) Eleonora Bernardin and Louis-Gautier Bernardin from the Esch-sur-Alzette Conservatoire;
Credit: VDL, Marc Betzen
The City of Luxembourg (VdL) has officially launched the artistic project My Urban Piano “Luxembourg”, which places seventeen pianos in public spaces across the city, including streets, tourist spots, neighbourhoods and parks.
The project, which runs until Tuesday 17 June 2025, was launched by the VdL on Thursday 15 May 2025, in front of the Cercle Cité on Place d’Armes in Luxembourg-Ville. At the launch event, attended by the College of the Mayor and Aldermen, two students from the music conservatory in Esch-sur-Alzette (Conservatoire de Musique de la Ville d'Esch-sur-Alzette), Eleonora Bernardin and Louis-Gautier Bernardin, performed two pieces by Bach - Badinerie and Toccata.
Each of the pianos located across the city has been decorated by partners from community, artistic and educational backgrounds, turning them into standalone works of art that are designed to blend into their urban surroundings. The VdL has encouraged everyone - from amateur pianists to experienced musicians - to use the pianos to “perform impromptu mini-concerts and fill the city with piano melodies”.
The VdL has also announced a series of concerts which are scheduled to take place at various locations across the city:
⁃ Saturday 24 May - Centre du Rham, 16:00 to 17:30: students from the Luxembourg City Conservatoire;
⁃ Sunday 25 May - Centre du Rham, 15:00 to 16:30: Fernande Pletschette (Luxembourgish folk music);
⁃ Wednesday 4 June - Parc Edmond Klein, 12:00 to 14:00: Fernande Pletschette (Luxembourgish folk music);
⁃ Sunday 8 June - Centre du Rham, 15:00 to 16:30: students from the Union Grand-Duc Adolphe music school;
⁃ Sunday 29 June - Place d’Armes, 15:00 to 17:00: closing concert (classical) by students from the keyboard classes of the Luxembourg City Conservatoire, conducted by Nicolas Marzinotto.
The VdL has also reported there will be a series of spontaneous performances which will take place across the duration of the project. These will be announced on the VdL’s social media platforms.
Moreover, the VdL has made a call for “video enthusiasts” to record videos of people playing the pianos and to upload them onto Facebook or YouTube, using the hashtags #luxembourgcity and #myurbanpiano2025. Participants can win VdL shopping vouchers worth €400, €200 and €150. There are two entry categories: “musical performance” and “creative piano-themed video.” To enter, participants should send a link to the video, along with the name of the person who filmed it, their address and phone number via email to: concours@vdl.lu.
The locations and partners of each piano are:
⁃ Gare, Hall Omnisports - Rue de Strasbourg, decorated by Day Centre Ligue HMC and sponsored by VdL Sports Department
⁃ Gasperich, Ban de Gasperich Park, decorated by Les Aigles Rollingergrund Scouts and sponsored by Déierenasyl (animal shelter) and VdL Parks Department
⁃ Merl-Belair, Merl Park, decorated by Ligue HMC Training Service – Safe and sponsored by Restaurant Pavillon
⁃ City Centre, Cercle Cité, decorated by Centre Hospitalier Luxembourg - Day Care Unit and sponsored by Cercle Cité Luxembourg
⁃ City Centre, Plateau Saint-Esprit (Lift to the Grund), decorated by CHL Internal Medicine Department (CE3B) and IRIS volunteers and sponsored by Public Buildings Administration
⁃ Cents, Centre du Rham Grand piano (not decorated), sponsored by Servior, Op der Rhum
⁃ City Centre, Bockfiels, decorated by International Scouts St Alphonse and sponsored by National Institute for Architectural Heritage (INPA)
⁃ City Centre, Lëtzebuerg City Museum, decorated by Telstar Scouts and sponsored by Luxembourg City Museums
⁃ City Centre, Place Guillaume II, decorated by Beggen School Foyer and sponsored by BEET and Luxembourg City Tourist Office (LCTO)
⁃ City Centre, Villa Vauban, decorated by Bonnevoie Schlechter School Foyer and sponsored by Luxembourg City Museums
⁃ Pfaffenthal, Lift to Upper Town, decorated by two early years and four cycle one classes from Charles IV primary school, Belair and sponsored by Parkolux and VdL Parks Department
⁃ Kirchberg, Parc des Trois Glands, decorated by Cessange School Foyer (C2- C4) and sponsored by Hotel Meliá
⁃ Luxembourg Airport, decorated by University of Luxembourg and sponsored by Lux-Airport
⁃ Kirchberg- Pfaffenthal Funicular, decorated by Kiem 1B School Foyer and sponsored by CFL
⁃ Limpertsberg, Grand Théâtre, decorated by Sim Sala Bim Crèche, Bonnevoie and sponsored by Luxembourg City Theatres
⁃ Limpertsberg, Tramschapp, decorated by Sandweiler Youth Centre and sponsored by VdL Sports Department
