Sunrise's Nat Barr breaks down in tears live on air: 'Heartbreaking'

Sunrise host Nat Barr was brought to tears on the show, while interviewing the mother of a young aspiring pianist who tragically died last month.

Kyan Pennell, 12, died on January 31 in a tragic accident on his family's property in Queensland.

The young boy was a classical music enthusiast who learned how to play the piano after watching YouTube tutorials.

After his passing, his mother Amanda Brierley found Kyan had been composing a piano piece in secret but was never able to finish it.

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Taking to social media, Amanda shared the unfinished composition, along with videos of Kyan playing the piano, asking for help to finish the score he'd been composing.

The heartbreaking posts were seen by orchestras and musicians all across Australia and abroad, with many recording pieces for him that were played at his funeral this week.

Speaking with Nat and David 'Kochie' Koch, Amanda shared her gratitude to the many people who helped give her such a "special gift" during such a difficult time.

"I didn’t expect to get this kind of response. Everyone has been so willing to help and to bring a little piece of our boy to life that we could keep forever," she said during the emotional interview.

"They’ve given me something that I can never repay them for. It’s a gift of listening to Kyan, listening to what he could have done and the potential that he had."

She added: "I’ll never know what his composition was actually meant to sound like, but what people have given us is such as special gift."

Nat was visibly emotional throughout the chat, telling Amanda: "We’re so sorry for your loss Amanda, it’s just such a tragic story."

Presenter Danny Clayton responded to the story on Twitter, writing: "I would be incapable of delivering a story like this without bursting into tears. Heartbreaking on another level."

"This is both such a sad & beautiful story," one follower added. "Losing a son is something no one ever gets over but hopefully this music continues to help her heal. Kyan was obviously a gifted kid & being able to play like that in 7months, his dream certainly would’ve been realised."

The Queensland Symphony Orchestra recorded their version of Kyan's song for his funeral with their associate principal cellist Hyung Suk Bae telling ABC Radio Brisbane that Amanda had reached out to him earlier this month.

"From what she told me, Kyan sounded like a very special boy with a lot of music inside of him," Bae said.

"I watched the video [she sent] and I could really see the enormous joy in his face, emotion and musicality."

Bae sat down and played the music at his own piano, saying he could see Kyan had "put his heart into it".

"Sometimes music just talks to you, and I started playing it actually slow, and it sounded just beautiful and pure, and nice and simple," he said.

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