As the ABC begins a two-month celebration of the piano, pianist and writer Dylan Henderson discusses the heartwarming new television series, The Piano, with classical pianist Andrea Lam, who is one of the judges, two of the show’s participants and ABC Classic’s Megan Burslem.

DJ performing at Central Station in Sydney for the new series The Piano. Photo courtesy of ABC TV

Eighty-year-old Heather lives with the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Would-be classical pianist DJ had a stroke in his early twenties and lost the use of his right hand. Michelle is blind and deaf but determined to remain connected with her community. Chris is a mullet-wearing gravedigger covered in tats. Proud Wiradjuri woman Dyagula has learned to speak in Language, while Simon fled the war in...