Austria & Germany - Open Piano for Refugees - Year-round

We’ve been privileged to play our first “Open Piano for Refugees” since the start of the program. It’s a pretty much year-round event moving from city to city, spread mainly over 2 neighbor countries: Germany and Austria, with tours through Denmark and Sweden so far. When you’re playing, you’re busking for a good cause:

About the Pianos The pianos aren’t exactly moving from city to city, it’s the program that’s moving, relying on local partners providing local baby-grands. One even more beautiful than the other and all in perfect playable condition, especially for Street Pianos! From their photo Gallery, you’ll notice that they offer beautiful grand pianos and baby-grands.

We played this excellent Feurich Baby-Grand in the city of Bonn. Some of them are art-worked, most of them aren’t, but what about below numbers of baby-grands, wow 🙂 ! Here’s 2 examples from the Open Piano for Refugees Facebook.

About the Venue/Event This sequence of Events, spread over mainly 2 countries, started in 2016 and continues to draw attention to both the refugees situation and of course our beloved public pianos. As you’ll read on the Open Piano for Refugees website, goal is to bring people from all walks of life together by placing freely accessible baby-grands in public places. Places of encounter arise where language and words become superfluous.

The project strengthens the social participation of refugees and overall social cohesion. 2020 21-24. Oktober 2020 KLAGENFURT (A), ALTER PLATZ 08-11.

Oktober 2020 Düsseldorf, Germany Flinger Staße 25-29. September 2020 STUTTGART (D), KLEINER SCHLOSSPLATZ 19-20. September 2020 MÜNCHEN (D), KARLSPLATZ 17-20.

September 2020 BONN (D), MÜNSTERPLATZ 17-19. September 2020 WIEN (A), GRABEN 11-15. September 2020 STUTTGART (D), MAILÄNDER PLATZ 10-13.

September 2020 BONN (D), MÜNSTERPLATZ 02-05. September 2020 Klagenfurt (A), Alter Platz 1 27-30. August 2020 LINZ (AT), HAUPTPLATZ 02-05.

September 2020 KLAGENFURT (A), ALTER PLATZ 1 26-30. August 2020 WIEN (VIENNA, AT), PLATZ DER MENSCHENRECHTE 19-23. August 2020 WIEN (VIENNA, AT), BAHNHOF FLORIDSDORF 06-09.

August 2020 SALZBURG (AT), MOZARTPLATZ 06-09. August 2020 LINZ (AT), HAUPTPLATZ

27. July –

9. August 2020 BREGENZ (AT), SEEPROMENADE 23-26. July 2020 INNSBRUCK (AT), M.-THERESIENSTR.

22-25. July 2020 DORNBIRN (AT), MARKTPLATZ 02-05. July 2020 SALZBURG (AT), MOZARTPLATZ 24-28.

June 2020 WIEN (VIENNA, AT), PLATZ DER MENSCHENRECHTE

6. March 2020 BONN (DE), LVR LANDESMUSEUM 20-22. February 2020 STEYR (AT), HEY!

19-22. February 2020 WIEN (VIENNA, AT), CITYGATE 19-22. February 2020 GRAZ (AT), SHOPPING NORD 13-15.

February 2020 FRANKFURT (DE), SKYLINE PLAZA

07. February 2020 BONN (DE), LVR LANDESMUSEUM 29-31. January 2020 DOREMI-KLASSENABENDE, VHS OTTAKRING, WIEN (VIENNA, AT)

25. January 2020 WIEN (VIENNA, AT), VORARLBERGER BALL, PALAIS FERSTL [OBACHT EINTRITTSKARTE ERFORDERLICH] 16-19. January 2020 LINZ (AT), ARS ELECTRONICA 09-11.

January 2020 SALZBURG (AT), FORUM 1 07-11. January 2020 WIEN (VIENNA, AT), WIEN (VIENNA) MITTE – THE MALL 03-04. January 2020 BLUDENZ (AT), ZIMBAPARK

03. January 2020 BONN (DE), LVR LANDESMUSEUM 2019

15. December 2019 WIEN (VIENNA, AT), FLOHMARKT MIT OPEN MIC, THE LOFT 03-05. December 2019 MÜNCHEN (MUNICH, DE), FÜNF HÖFE 24-27.

October 2019 WIEN (VIENNA, AT), BAHNHOF FLORIDSDORF

12. October 2019 STOCKHOLM (SWE), SJÖHISTORISKA MUSEET, AMANDA PALMER AT OPEN PIANO FOR REFUGEES

11. October 2019 COPENHAGEN (DK), SCENEINDGANGEN, AMANDA PALMER AT OPEN PIANO FOR REFUGEES

24. September 2019 HAMBURG (DE), KLEINE WALLANLAGEN, AMANDA PALMER AT OPEN PIANO FOR REFUGEES 22-25. August 2019 FRANKFURT (DE), OPERNPLATZ 15-18.

August 2019 DORTMUND (DE) 15-18. August 2019 LINZ (AT) 08-11. August 2019 DÜSSELDORF (DE) 08-11.

August 2019 SALZBURG (AT), MOZARTPLATZ 01-04. August 2019 INNSBRUCK (AT), M.-THERESIENSTR. 01-02.

August 2019 WIEN (VIENNA, AT), STEPHANSPLATZ 17-21. July 2019 BREGENZ (AT), SEEPROMENADE 01-23. June 2019 WIEN (VIENNA, AT), ALL OVER THE PLACE 23-26.

May 2019 GRAZ (AT), SCHLOSSBERG (UHRTURM 26-28. April 2019 WIEN (VIENNA, AT), BAHNHOF FLORIDSDORF 01-04. April 2019 WIEN (VIENNA, AT), MILLENIUM CITY 28-30.

March 2019 STUTTGART (DE), SCHWABENGALERIE 25-27. January 2019 WIEN (VIENNA, AT), HAUPTBAHNHOF

About the Organizer So first let this wonderful team introduce themselves! Next, for those of you able to speak/understand German, here’s some of their press-footage. Their motto – A musical instrument becomes an integration instrument.

Everyone can play. Everyone can listen! The team coordinates set-up and dismantling, weather protection, permits, piano transports, continuous support and performance of the pianos, as well as the organization of concerts at the locations.

Generated donations are invested in their social music institute DoReMi.