Perhaps these three piano riffs from Coldplay inspired some kids to choose ... Martin once recalled an epiphany when learning music as a child. He didn’t need to be Beethoven to make music.

On their Music of the Spheres World Tour ... winning Song of the Year at the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009. After Coldplay's piano-driven love song, the band put out their second album, A Rush ...

Coldplay first came onto the pop music scene in the late nineties. The band consists of Chris Martin (piano), Guy Berryman (bass guitar), Jonny Buckland (guitar, backing vocal), Will Champion (drums).

It poses the intriguing question: would Beethoven have found meaning in Coldplay’s music? Delving into Beethoven ... and conductor Steve Hackman on piano, the performance transforms iconic ...