No tip jar?
We’ re guessing he didn’ t take requests.
Russian President Vladimir Putin showed off his piano skills in Beijing Sunday, playing a few tunes while waiting for Chinese President Xi Jinping at a state guesthouse, The New York Times reported.
Putin tickled the ivories with a pair of 1950s, Soviet-era tunes, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi’s “Evening Song” and Tikhon Khrennikov’s “Moscow Windows, ” the Times noted.
Vladimir #Putin plays grand piano at Chinese leader’s residence https: //t.co/JGcA19PcQA pic.twitter.com/1RNbsFwvwU
He’s played the piano before in public ― and his performance shouldn’ t be too surprising. The Russian leader isn’ t shy about displaying himself as a macho renaissance man, also participating in judo, ice hockey and horseback riding ― the latter sometimes shirtless.
