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Right after the OP on the first episode, 11 year-old Kousei is shown playing
the piano.

![Kousei playing the piano](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Y2uZ2.jpg)

What music is he playing? Is this an existing music, or was it something made
for the series?


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What music was Kousei playing in the first episode?


Thanks to [this MAL
post](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1285841&show=0#post9) I just found
out it's [Ludwig van
Beethoven](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven)'s [_Piano Sonata
No. 14 in C-sharp minor "Quasi una fantasia"_ , popularly known as the
_Moonlight
Sonata_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No._14_%28Beethoven%29)'s
third and last movement, [_Presto
Agitato_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No._14_%28Beethoven%29#Presto_agitato).

[Here's a video](http://youtu.be/oqSulR9Fymg) of the music, played by [Wilhelm
Kempff](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Kempff).  
And [here](http://youtu.be/-B2Cqcb8FzU) another video by one Brandon Ethridge,
filmed from the top. This ones makes it look - at least for me - like the
animation was done accurately (or at least the progression of the right hand
along the keyboard in the animation intends to suggest a minimum of accuracy).


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[Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, 3rd
movement.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqSulR9Fymg)


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Moonlight Sonata - Third Movement.


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