Piano burning is the act of setting on fire an acoustic piano, most commonly an upright, as either a ceremony or a form of performance art.

2024年6月7日 · The Burned Piano Project is on display through June, 2024 at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education. Allison Frost / OPB

2024年4月17日 · Jennifer Wright transformed the ruined Steinway into a fantastical new instrument and created a ritual space around the piano’s massive cast iron harp. In addition to …

In spring 2022, the Portland home of a Jewish family was destroyed by arson in the middle of the night. Their cherished grand piano, which was the pride and joy of matriarch Grandma Bess …

2024年4月29日 · Created — or reinvented — by the Portland pianist and composer Jennifer Wright and her husband, Matias Brecher, it’s built from the char and ashes of a Steinway …

2024年6月16日 · Join composer, pianist, and artist Jennifer Wright for a public concert of original music composed performed on The Glass Piano, the one-of-a-kind musical art instrument that …

The Burned Piano Project: Creating Music Amidst the Noise of Hate began with one family’s experience of antisemitism and reminds us of the larger context of rising hate crimes in …

From the remains of the family’s burned Steinway piano, textile and found-object sculptor Bonnie Meltzer created a tapestry with piano strings and also transformed the wooden key cover and …

Wright took some of the keys and made a new piano, where the hammers hit glass rods instead of strings — now on display at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education.

2024年4月30日 · On Tuesday, Jan. April 29, 2024, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Bonnie Melzer and musician Jennifer Wright about The Burned Piano, which is on show at the …