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Pianist plays 'Imagine' cover at Paris memorial scene (video)

A man plays piano near the cordoned off area around the Bataclan theatre in the 11th district of Paris on November 14, 2015, after a series of attacks on the city resulting in the deaths of at least 129 individuals. More than a hundred people were gunned down at the Bataclan theatre in Paris late Friday during a concert by the US band Eagles of Death Metal. Photo: AFP

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

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.

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

It has been reportedly speculated that pianist Davide Martello may be the player shown in these videos.

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

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Pianist plays 'Imagine' cover at Paris memorial scene (video)

A man plays piano near the cordoned off area around the Bataclan theatre in the 11th district of Paris on November 14, 2015, after a series of attacks on the city resulting in the deaths of at least 129 individuals. More than a hundred people were gunned down at the Bataclan theatre in Paris late Friday during a concert by the US band Eagles of Death Metal. Photo: AFP

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

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.

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

It has been reportedly speculated that pianist Davide Martello may be the player shown in these videos.

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

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