13-year-old Anna van Keulen died two weeks ago from injuries sustained in a bicycle accident on her way to school in Tillbur, Netherlands. Her father has now turned to social media to share her talents at the piano and help her achieve what he says was her life-long dream, to be famous.
A video posted yesterday shows Anna playing a piano arrangement John Lunn’s Downton Abbey theme. Her father Niek van Keulen has taken to Twitter to share his daughter’s wish, requesting all share his daughter’s talents and love of piano music. The video has been since shared on the viral site Reddit and is nearing 800,000 views.
“The movie was made in late August at our home, in Tilburg,” her father says “It was just before her thirteenth birthday, you can see the balloons hanging.”
One Reddit user said “We heard you play Anna!”, and another “Rest in peace Anna. I loved your piano playing. It was wonderful.”