Pianist plays 'Imagine' cover at Paris memorial scene

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In the wake of the Paris attacks that left at least 129 people dead and at least 352 people injured on Friday night, the city gathered to pay tribute to those lost.

On Saturday morning, a pianist played John Lennon's "Imagine" on a portable piano at a memorial close to the Bataclan concert hall where at 89 people were killed.

"Imagine" played on a mobile piano near the #Bataclan in Paris. People here are in chock. #ParisAttacks #tv2newsdk pic.twitter.com/QMcbfuBR7c— Rasmus Tantholdt TV2 (@RasmusTantholdt) November 14, 2015

Devant le Bataclan, un pianiste est venu rendre hommage aux victimes de l'attentat pic.twitter.com/AmISvyacKP— Maud Vallereau (@maudvallereau) November 14, 2015

"Soyons solidaires, ne nous montons pas les uns ctre les autres" : un anonyme venu ac son piano #Bataclan #imagine pic.twitter.com/IQnWanrX1E— Natalia Gallois (@nataliaggg) November 14, 2015

According to a Wall Street Journal reporter based in Paris, the pianist arrived at the scene with a piano attached to a bicycle.

Scene outside #Bataclan after #ParisAttacks: Man pulled up with piano attached to bike, played Imagine and left. pic.twitter.com/p3ivcewHEK— Stacy Meichtry (@SMeichtry) November 14, 2015

Reported.ly speculates that pianist Davide Martello may be the player shown in these videos.

Looks like the wonderful #Gezi pianist, @Klavierkunst, performed Lennon's 'Imagine' outside the Bataclan https://t.co/HM3weJGfxJ— reported.ly (@reportedly) November 14, 2015

In 2013, Martello played piano during the Taksim Square Protests in Istanbul.

Update, November 14, 4:25 PM ET: This post has been updated to reflect the current estimated death and injury tolls.

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