The Story of a Piano

In 1915, in the midst of World War I, a woman from Magdeburg bought the most beautiful piano in the world for her brilliant son, a pianist. The saddest piano in the world, because her son never played on it.
A century passed. Ramon Gener, the author and character, bought the most beautiful piano in the world from a magical piano keeper, who managed to warn that this instrument was special, and then disappeared without a trace. A few years later, a secret was discovered inside the piano, which led Gener, the author and character, on a journey into the past.
Ramon Gener, a musician and music lover, a lecturer known throughout Europe, an educator, a radio and television host, has been talking about music all his life. "The Story of a Piano" is his first novel, which instantly became a bestseller, is being translated into a dozen languages, and has already earned the author the Ramon Llull prize, the most prestigious Catalan literary award. "The Story of a Piano" is a tale of the 20th century, a novel about the people connected by the instrument, which still stands at the author's home. "Where reality did not reach, it was necessary to fill the gaps with fiction," explains Gener, "however, even this fiction is based on reality." The piano's story included two world wars, death and memory, guilt and redemption, disasters and beauty, but, of course, the most abundant element was music. This is a story about the highest magic, based on true events. A story about how music gives us comfort, provides courage and strength to continue living, expands consciousness, erases boundaries, and, even if it does not stop wars, at least for a moment creates a beautiful fragile world.