Vladimir Putin Shows Off His Musical Skills On A Piano In China

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

— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) May 14, 2017

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.

Putin was in Beijing to discuss a $1 billion economic plan called “One Belt, One Road” that is intended to benefit dozens of countries, according to news outlets.

Twitter was amused by the president’s performance.

We should have known that Putin's favourite thing to play on the piano is the Imperial March from Star Wars pic.twitter.com/J9NsN3Yi6Q

— The Poke (@ThePoke) May 15, 2017

All villains should be accomplished, so here's Russian dictator Vladimir Putin playing the piano https://t.co/xUCJ1WRDDY pic.twitter.com/xBxpvmHfEq

— Jezebel (@Jezebel) May 15, 2017

@BBCWorld Putin plays piano as the US is discredited, Nero played the Fiddle as Rome Burnt, Trump will play golf as his Presidency goes up in flames

— Vince Warrick (@VinceWarwick) May 14, 2017

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