If you haven’t checked out Pianodrome at The Pitt yet you really should! The award-winning, sonically rich piano amphitheatre made entirely from 50 upcycled pianos, has a bumper programme of music, theatre, dance and live film scores, with more than 10,000 tickets on offer throughout this month.
Following a hugely successful inaugural year at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 2018 the much loved playable venue is currently in The Pitt at Leith.
The music element of the programme focuses on contemporary, world, jazz, folk and classical bands and artists from across the UK as well as performers from across the world including Morocco, China, Chile and the USA.
The programme features the return of flagship evening event Pianodrome Live, hosted by Pianodrome’s in-house band S!nk and running Wednesdays to Sundays 7pm to 10pm, with a cross-genre line-up including the Hebrides Ensemble, Mesadorm, Kate in the Kettle, the Babylon Arabic Band, Omar Afif Gnawa Trance Fusion and improvising jazz pianist Matt Bourne.
Pianodrome is the vision of Edinburgh-based artist Tim Vincent-Smith, designer and builder of the Vanity Fair approved Atlantis Books in Oia, Greece, and producer Matt Wright who regularly produces events for the Edinburgh International Science Festival. Last year the unique venue saw impromptu performances from Amanda F*cking Palmer (who loved Piandrome so much she performed twice), and presenters Jo Whiley, Guy Garvey and Simon Mayo all popped in for a chat for BBC radio 2’s Drivetime Show. The unique venue has captured the interest of international festivals and gardens worldwide.
