VIDEO: Pianist plays 'Imagine' for a grieving Dallas

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Monday, July 11, 2016
VIDEO: Pianist plays 'Imagine' for a grieving Dallas
A man who attended the Dallas memorial for the fallen officers Sunday night at police headquarters rode in on a bike and brought along a grand piano.

DALLAS, TX -- A man who attended the Dallas memorial for the fallen officers Sunday night at police headquarters rode in on a bike and brought along a grand piano.

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Davide Martello played John Lennon's "Imagine" -- and then rode off. it's part of his mission "to promote peace."

Martello, or "Klavierkunst," played in France after terrorist attacks killed 130 people, and in Ukraine during pro-Russian unrest in 2014, WFAA reports.

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According to his website, he wants to play in every capital of the world with his grand piano.

The "colours of his piano keys" -- black and white -- made him come to Dallas on Sunday, he wrote on Facebook earlier Sunday.

He wrote, "I will play in front of the memorial to promote peace."

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