We get stuck in our cubicles! Concert performers are confined to practice studios and concert halls, performing in cloistered spaces. They want out! Audiences feel the barriers: long travel, high prices, dress code, quiet restraint, elite cognoscenti. They want in!
The Nomadic Keyboard will travel around Governors Island, where those people are roaming.
No need to travel, dress up, or to sit down. Just be there when we pass by!
You are encouraged to join in, either at the keyboard, with your voice, or with your instrument.
The Nomadic Keyboard has its origins with the great pianist Sviatoslav Richter. In addition to playing the big concert halls of the world, he used to travel the Russian countryside in a truck with a grand piano, bringing the classical music tradition to local townspeople. Nomadic Keyboard is a modern spin on that! Traveling less distance (and with a user-friendly setup, no grand piano movers here), we nonetheless break down the concert hall barrier by walking outside, in a peoples’ park, and even encouraging the “audience” to join in.
