Homeless musician amazes public with Beethoven rendition
Watch homeless man reduce commuters to tears with beautiful Beethoven rendition on railway station piano
Watch homeless man reduce commuters to tears with beautiful Beethoven rendition on railway station piano
Watch homeless man reduce commuters to tears with beautiful Beethoven rendition on railway station piano
Watch homeless man reduce commuters to tears with beautiful Beethoven rendition on railway station piano
Watch homeless man reduce commuters to tears with beautiful Beethoven rendition on railway station piano
Watch homeless man reduce commuters to tears with beautiful Beethoven rendition on railway station piano
Watch homeless man reduce commuters to tears with beautiful Beethoven rendition on railway station piano
Watch homeless man reduce commuters to tears with beautiful Beethoven rendition on railway station piano
This is the beautiful moment a homeless man reduced passengers at Newcastle Central Station to tears when he took to a piano.
The incredible footage was then shared on Facebook, with the man later identified as 26-year-old Alan Donaldson.
Facebook user Michael Kinnison said: “At first a policeman tried to stop him and told the homeless man to leave, but, eventually he let him sit at the piano.
“People, including the policeman, were stood by laughing to themselves as they watched the homeless man sit at the piano.
“However their mocking turned to shock as the man burst into a beautiful rendition of Für Elise.
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“He then played a variety of other classical pieces over the next half an hour, each time flawless.
“A lady with a hen party, who originally were laughing at him, started to cry.”
The video has been viewed more than 75,500 times and shared 1,500 times, The Chronicle reports.
Speaking to a reporter, homeless Alan said: "I have been on the streets for about a year and a half, it is hard.
"People accuse me of begging but when I am at the piano nobody tends to bother me.
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"I don’t think I had played the piano for a few years before it appeared at the station, but it seemed to just come back to me quite easily."
The piano was installed at the station earlier this year by Newcastle’s Rotary Club and is free for members of the public to use.
A former schoolmate of Mr Donaldson, Leo Robertson, has since set up a fundraising page to try and help his friend find somewhere to live.
