{"id":39084,"date":"2024-02-12T13:59:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T12:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a53b2a65-0190-4973-aa1e-104a8687acd4"},"modified":"2024-02-12T14:50:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T13:50:46","slug":"manchester-city-player-nathan-ake-to-donate-pianos-to-deprived-schools","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/manchester-city-player-nathan-ake-to-donate-pianos-to-deprived-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City player Nathan Ak\u00e9 to donate pianos to deprived schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Monday, 12 February 2024 at 12:59 PM<\/p>

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Footballer Nathan Ak\u00e9 is part of the new Playing for Change initiatve which sees ten digital pianos delivered to local schools around Manchester. ‘Learning to play piano has offered me so many positives \u2013\u00a0from supporting my mental health, to helping me wind down from football,’ says Manchester City centre back Nathan Ak\u00e9. ‘Some of Manchester’s most deprived children will have the chance to enjoy the same benefits of music education that they may not have had before.’ <\/p>

Ak\u00e9 learnt the piano<\/a><\/strong> during the first Covid lockdown in 2020 and has since become an advocate for the benefits of learning an instrument. <\/p>