Kyan Pennell's official channel #PlayForKyan

Kyan Pennell, 12, died tragically on the 31st January 2022, in a freak accident at our home. He had been self-learning piano off YouTube for 7 months, we didn't realise how good he'd become. He had committed 35 classical pieces to memory, and was teaching himself to read, write and compose music. He was neurodiverse and a self-diagnosed synesthete. 

I found a short, handwritten, unfinished composition, which I shared in an open call out on FaceBook ( https://www.facebook.com/amanda.brierley.73/posts/10159799506093665 ) to see if anyone could play it. Responses came in and we were able to hear what our son was composing, painful and beautiful at once.

We are asking all musicians, humbly, to play and complete Kyans unfinished piece, and submit it here. We will never know what he saw in his minds eye, so all versions are giving us insight into what could have been.  

He did tell us that many people have to die to become famous, well, my beautiful boy, here we are...

#playforkyan