Department Store Manager Sees Elderly Woman Sit Down At A Piano And He Can't Believe What He Hears

Feb 05, 2019 by apost team

Playing a musical instrument is a talent and a skill that many people spend years developing. While many of us love to listen to music, it takes a truly special person to be able to play music that really captures our hearts.

One woman is a perfect example of someone that knows the heart-stirring power of music. Natalie Trayling is a composer from Melbourne. Though she is incredibly talented, she experienced hard times that resulted in her living as a homeless person. 

To get by, Natalie took to the streets to play her music. For decades, this wonderfully talented woman would grace Melbourne with her playing.

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Though she was a local legend in Melbourne, she was still living on the street. Fighting arthritis and haunted by the death of her daughters, music was the only thing that Natalie could hold on to. 

Then one day something changed. 

Natalie's son saw her playing on the street and was able to reconnect with her. Though it was hard to see his mother playing for tips on the street, it is this very video that catapulted Natalie to newfound fame

At 80-years-old, many of Natalie's fans are blown away by her incredible talent. Though she didn't own a piano of her own, Natalie was taught how to play by nuns during her days in grade school.  Without a piano, Natalie would play wherever she could find the instrument.

Whether it was a department store or on the streets, she would always play her heart out if there was a keyboard in front of her. In the video that has recently gone viral, Natalie is seen playing in a department store.

As people gather around her, everyone seems to realize the power of the moment that they're witnessing.

"Music is everything," Natalie believes. "The whole world is music," the pianist shares as she explains how music is what kept her going through the hardest moments in her life. "I'm at one with the piano," Natalie explains, and she certainly is.

Listening to her play the piano is an otherworldly experience. It's as if the music that has been inside of her for so long now is spilling out to her fingers with such ease, grace, and beauty.

Watch the video for yourself to hear this remarkable woman playing. Leave your thoughts in a comment below and don't forget to pass this video along to any music-lovers you know!