Credit: VdL

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 16 June 2026, was launched by the VdL on Wednesday 13 May 2026 in front of the Cercle Cité on Place d’Armes in Luxembourg-Ville. The opening concert, attended by the College of the Mayor and Aldermen, was performed by the two winners of the “My Urban Piano 2025” competition. Katharina Fischer performed Piano Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:23 I. Allegro by Joseph Haydn and Tarantella Op.77 No.6 by Moritz Moszkowski, while Luna Hoogakker performed Prelude No.1 in C Major by Johann Sebastian Bach and Comptine d’un autre été by Yann Tiersen.

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 “improvise micro-concerts and fill the capital with piano music”.

The VdL has also announced a series of concerts which are scheduled to take place at various locations across the city: 

• Wednesday 13 May at 17:00, Place d’Armes: opening concert

• Wednesday 20 May at 17:00, Place d’Armes: Luca Sales

• Wednesday 3 June at 12:00, Parc Ed. Klein: Daniel Schweitzer (Luxembourg folk music)

• Sunday 28 June at 16:00, Place d’Armes: closing concert

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 €100. There are two entry categories: “musical performance” and “original 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 telephone number via email to: concours@vdl.lu.

The locations and partners of each piano are:

⁃ Gare, Hall Omnisports – Rue de Strasbourg: Decorated by Crèche Sim Sala Bim Bonnevoie; Sponsor: Sports Department of the City of Luxembourg

⁃ Merl-Belair, Parc Merl: Decorated by FS Merl; Sponsor: Restaurant Pavillon

⁃ Parc Ed. Klein: Decorated by MDJ In Move Neudorf; Sponsor: Inter-Actions “À vos côtés” – Ville Haute

⁃ Centre, Place Guillaume II: Decorated by Centre de Jour Attivo; Sponsor: BEET – Luxembourg City Tourist Office

⁃ Centre, Plateau Saint-Esprit, lift towards the Grund: Decorated by Day Center; Sponsor: Public Buildings Administration

⁃ Cents, Centre du Rham: Undecorated grand piano; Sponsor: Servior, Op der Rhum

⁃ Centre, Bockfiels: Decorated by FS Gasperich; Sponsor: INPA – National Institute for Architectural Heritage

⁃ Centre, Lëtzebuerg City Museum: Decorated by CHL Palliative Care Service; Sponsor: The Two Museums of the City

⁃ Centre, Cercle Cité: Decorated by FS Kiem; Sponsor: Cercle Cité Luxembourg

⁃ Centre, Villa Vauban: Decorated by FS Rollingergrund; Sponsor: The Two Museums of the City of Luxembourg

⁃ Pfaffenthal, lift towards Ville Haute: Decorated by FS Neudorf; Sponsor: Parkolux – Parking Department of the City of Luxembourg

⁃ Clausen – Pfaffenthal, youth hostel: Decorated by FS Schlechter; Sponsor: Luxembourg City Youth Hostel

⁃ Kirchberg, Parc des Trois Glands: Decorated by Scout International St Alphonse; Sponsor: Hotel Meliá

⁃ Luxembourg Airport: Decorated by Bistrot Social Croix-Rouge; Sponsor: Lux-Airport, Société de l’Aéroport de Luxembourg SA

⁃ Kirchberg, University: Decorated by University of Luxembourg; Sponsor: University of Luxembourg

⁃ Kirchberg, Pfaffenthal, funicular: Decorated by Rehazenter; Sponsor: CFL – National Railway Company of Luxembourg

⁃ Limpertsberg, Grand Théâtre: Decorated by Cycle 2.2 Bereldange; Sponsor: Theatres of the City of Luxembourg