維吉尼亞號蒸汽客輪鋼琴上的一個棄嬰，偶然被船上的礦工丹尼發現，並且當作自己的親生子撫養，那時正好是西元1900年的元旦，於是丹尼便將他取名為1900—丹尼布曼·TD·萊蒙·1900。 1900漸漸地長大，而客輪也自然成了他出生以來的家。後來丹尼在工作時意外喪生，1900再次成為孤兒。原本1900要被送去孤兒院，一天深夜，船上的乘客被琴聲所吵醒，眾人循聲尋找，原來是鋼琴神童1900正在彈奏美妙旋律，也因此才藝，船長讓他繼續留在船上，日後成為一名海上鋼琴師。 直到1900長大成人，他的演奏技藝已是名聞遐邇，但是他卻從來沒有下過船。 Max是位很有天分的小號手，因一次機緣進入維吉尼亞號的樂隊演奏，深深為1900的才華所折服，並與1900成為了知己。他多次勸說1900下船去開始全新的人生，但均以失敗告終，1900總回答：我不羨慕陸上的生活…… 爵士樂創始人傑利·羅爾·莫頓聽說1900能把十種爵士樂混合在一起彈奏後，便決意與之一較高下，想要藉此提高自己的聲望。面對這種敵手，天真又無慾無求的1900給足了面子，起初並未拿出真本事，但由於傑利的一再威逼與好友Max的埋怨，1900最終以精湛的琴藝震撼了全場聽眾。 一天下午，1900邂逅了一名美麗的女子，對她一見鍾情，但是又無法當面表達，於是將愛慕之情灌注在琴聲中。1900一心只想再見到那名女子，但是女子已經下了船，1900為了愛情決定踏上陌生的陸地，但當他站在甲板與陸地之間望向大都市時，他的心意再次改變了，轉身回到了甲板上。這是1900生命中唯一一次嘗試接近陸地。 1900坦言無法面對在陸上生活的無限抉擇，陸地對他來說，是艘太大的船、美得過分的美人、過於濃烈的香水，於是他留在了船上。就算是在戰時，沒人跳舞了，就算到處砲聲隆隆，仍然繼續待在船上彈自己的琴…… 戰爭結束後，維吉尼亞號因年久失修即將被炸毀，Max聽說後急忙趕往碼頭阻止工人繼續搬運炸藥至船上，因為他堅信，他的朋友還在裏面。Max不顧危險登上了船，找到了1900，並試圖說服他一起下船。可是1900無法接受陸地的廣大，更難以離開他一直以來唯一的家。最後，船在海中央爆炸，而1900也與大船一同葬身大海。
教導囚犯彈鋼琴的年長音樂老師，發現一名年輕犯人天資聰穎，因此全力培養他的才華。
Mélanie Prouvost, a ten-year-old butcher's daughter, is a gifted pianist. That is why she and her parents decide that she sit for the Conservatory entrance exam. Although Mélanie is very likely to be admitted, she unfortunately gets distracted by the president of the jury's offhand attitude and she fails. Ten years later, Mélanie becomes her page turner, waiting patiently for her revenge.
Mika, heiress to a Swiss chocolate company, is married to celebrated pianist André and stepmother to his son, Guillaume, whose mother died in a car wreck on his tenth birthday. Their lives are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Jeanne, a young woman who has learned she was almost switched with Guillaume at birth.
The story of the first cloned human being - told in her own words: At the age of thirty the world-famous composer Iris Sellin learns that she has an incurable illness. She - a person who wanted to live for ever - does however not give in. In order to preserve her art and also herself, beyond death, for all posterity, she has herself cloned. Her daughter Siri, whom, in this way, she turns into her virtual twin, learns as a child that she is the world's first cloned human being. In fact a blueprint: a blueprint of her mother. From that moment on nothing is as it was before...
