Flower Piano

July 9-20, 9am - 6pm daily

Sunset Piano brings its public piano project to SF Botanical Garden this summer
This July for twelve days only, San Francisco Botanical Garden (SFBG) becomes the city's own outdoor concert hall and everyone is invited to play and listen. From July 9-20, visitors are encouraged to seek out one of the twelve pianos tucked among the many flower-filled gardens within SFBG's 55 acres and play what they like, from Bach to boogie-woogie. On select days, professional pianists, including acclaimed Steinway Concert and Recording Artist Lara Downes, will be scheduled to perform as well, and the public is welcome to watch the performances.

Great Meadow - Mauro ffortissimo: Bach, Beethoven & Brahms Saturday, July 11 & 18, 12-2pm

Exhibition Garden, Thomas Church Pavilion - Martha Cooper: Bach, Bartok, Vocal Surprises & more Saturday, July 11 & 18, 12-2pm

Garden of Fragrance - Heather Yager: Ragtime, Schumann, Debussy, Liszt & Ravel Saturday, July 11, 1-2pm as part of Garden Member Event, Saturday, July 18, 12-2pm

Rhododendron Pavilion - Freddi Price: Nilsson, Newman, Russell, Carmichael & more Saturday, July 11, 12-2pm, Colleen Torianne: Contemporary Edwardian Interpretations Saturday, July 18, 12-2pm

Mediterranean Garden at Heidelberg Hill - Joshua Raoul Brody: Beatles, tango, standards & "other" Saturday, July 11 & 18, 12-2pm

Waterfowl Pond Esther Aeschbach: Debussy, Schubert, Bach & more Saturday, July 11, 12-2pm, Rupa: Original Compositions Saturday, July 18, 12-2pm

Zellerbach Garden - Allison Lovejoy: Ravel, Chopin, Rachmaninov & New Nocturnes Saturday, July 11, 12-2pm, Steinway Recording Artist Lara Downes Saturday, July 18, 11am, Benjamin Gribble: Satie, Milhaud, Beethoven & prepared piano Saturday, July 18, 12-2pm

Moon Viewing Garden - Serene: Ravel, Gershwin, Chopin & Liszt Saturday, July 11, 12-2pm, Sarah Cahill: Redwood Shrine by Pauline Oliveros & Garden Music by Danny Clay Saturday, July 18, 12-2pm

Redwood Grove - Eric Chase: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert & more Saturday, July 11, 12-2pm, Tom Jonesing (Dean Mermell & Steffanos X): Rock Interpretations Saturday, July 18, 12-2pm

California Native Garden Stone Circle - Kitten on the Keys: Flapper, Cabaret, Standards & Punk Rock Saturday, July 11 & 18, 12-2pm, Mesoamerican Cloud Forest Ander Meyer: Cocktail Classics Saturday, July 11 & 18, 12-2pm

South Africa Garden - Joe Magdalena: Standards/Pop, Sinatra & Happy Stuff Saturday, July 11, 12-2pm, Gerry Basserman: Joni M, Mozart, Mingus & Monk Saturday, July 18, 12-2pm