"Paris," tweeted Daniel Martello, "I feel with you. Let's stand together for a free and peaceful world."

Martello, a German-Italian pianist originally from Sicily, dragged a piano to an area close to Bataclan, the Paris theater where at least 118 people were reportedly killed and dozens were held hostage before police raids.

Onlookers gathered as Martello played John Lennon's "Imagine" as a symbol of peace. Mourners stood in a moment of silence following the public performance.

Martello keyed a touching tune following 2013 street protests in Taksim Gezi Park in Istanbul, Turkey.

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