(BEIRUT, LEBANON) — A Lebanese pianist’s impromptu performance has struck a chord with people around the world this week, garnering more than 5 million views on YouTube since it was posted last Thursday.
Maan Hamadeh was waiting at the Prague airport to board his flight to Beirut when his friend stopped him and pointed at a piano. Hamadeh told the Daily Star that it was “like a baby who has found his mother after getting lost. I ran to it.”
Passengers watched Hamadeh play variations of Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Fur Elise” and Celine Dion’s “Titantic” themed, “My Heart will Go On.”
Hamadeh used Arabic elements in his remixed variations of the two songs.
Watch the viral video: