Flower Piano IX : SF Botanical Garden, September 12 - 22, 2024
In September of 2024, for the ninth time, Sunset Piano will place over a dozen perfectly tuned and maintained grand pianos in the San Francisco Botanical Garden for its premier event of the year, Flower Piano ®. Flower Piano may be the world’s only interactive music festival. More than sixty amazing performers and ensembles will share the Garden’s 55 acres with everyday superstars who come to play among the glorious flora. We’ve left 2023’s program up here for you to see what we’re talking about, stay tuned to this page for updates. Many thanks to the Gardens of Golden Gate Park for their amazing partnership.
FLOWER PIANO 2023 PROGRAM
Thursday, September 7
Flower Piano Opening Night Special Event! Ticket required - buy here >>
6pm - 8pm, Flower Piano Lounge, Celebration Garden | Pablo Estigarribia
Latin Grammy winner tango pianist, arranger, and composer
With Sumi Lee Quartet, opening
Friday, September 8
10am - 12pm, Garden of Fragrance | Noe’s Garden
Interactive music to engage babies, young children, and grown-ups alike.
11am - 1pm, Zellerbach | Ensemble SF
Classical piano quartet featuring Mozart and Johannes Brahms.
Lunchtime Concert
12pm -1pm, Great Meadow | Tom Jonesing
Rock and Pop Renovations, Remodeling, and Demolition
1pm - 2pm, Great Meadow | David Möschler Trio
Tribute to the Vince Guaraldi Trio
2pm - 5pm, Conifer Lawn | Beat Corner, Avante Garden Music and Poetry
Bay Area Poets hosted by Agneta Falk
Music by Mauro, Dean, Antony, and others.
2pm - 3pm, Garden of Fragrance | Paul Caccamo
The Broken Branches of Gonzo’s Starry Dream
3pm - 4pm, Garden of Fragrance | Kymry Esainko
Melancholy Moods to Soothe the Savage Skeptic
3pm - 4pm, Great Meadow | SFJazz High School All Stars
Bay Area high school age musicians play popular jazz pieces
4pm - 5pm, Redwood Grove | Classical Revolution Trio
Classical Revolution Presents Beethoven and Piazzolla
4pm - 5:30pm, Great Meadow | Flower Piano Kick Off Sing-ALong with Community Music Center
Featuring Rita Lackey: R&B, soul, and Motown favorites
5pm - 6pm, Redwood Grove | Jill Tracy
Mystical, Elegant, Dark, Cinematic, Haunting Sonic Spells
5pm - 6pm, Garden of Fragrance | Sixth Station Trio
Studio Ghibli tribute featuring works by composers, Joe Hisaishi, Yuji Nomi, and Satoshi Takebe
4pm - 8pm, Flower Piano Lounge, Celebration Garden - Special Event Ticket Required
Set Time: 6pm - 7:30pm | Alex Conde
Jazz flamenco virtuoso pianist plays Albeniz, Monk, Powell and Originals
Saturday, September 9
11am - 1:00 pm Library Terrace (starting point) | Rabbit Hole Theater Magical Scavenger Hunt
Find magical characters during a family-friendly scavenger hunt through the Garden
10am - 2pm, Flower Piano Lounge, Celebration Garden - Special Event Ticket Required
Set Time: 12pm - 1:30pm | Van-Anh Nguyen
Classical Reimagined and House Music Unplugged
12pm - 1pm, All Pianos | Piano Extravaganza, Part One
Great Meadow |John Brothers Piano Company
All Original Music from Oakland
Ancient Plant Garden | Joshua Raoul Brody
Beatles Karaoke
Rhododendron Garden | Pedro Pastrana & Oskar Ly
Ecstatic Interpretations from the American/Carribean Songbook
Garden of Fragrance | Duo Piano Program, 12pm - 2pm
12pm - 1pm, Two Americans in Paris | Bolcom, Milhaud, and Gershwin
1pm - 2pm, Cahill, Myers Piano Duo | Music by Fujieda, Strayhorn/Ellington, and more
New Zealand Garden | Joe Mag
Entertainer from Martuni’s, SF : Pop, Show Tunes, and Sing-a-longs
South Africa Garden | Eric Shifrin
Smooth and Bouncy to Rough and Funky
California Native Plant Garden | Anne Sajdera
Soulful, Groove-based Jazz Standards and Originals
Redwood Grove | Caroluna with Ian Scarfe
Sublime Opera Arias and Art Songs
Conifer Lawn | Hadley McCarroll
Diversions & Divergences: Musical Landscapes from Chopin to Carter
Moon Viewing Garden | TonaLaura Jazz Duo
Sparkling Mix of Jazz, Brazilian, & Original Music
Zellerbach Garden | Earth, Wind, and Flowers
Chamber Music of Various Styles!
2pm - 3pm, All Pianos | Piano Extravaganza, Part Two
Great Meadow | Alon Nechushtan Trio
From East to the West in Jazz
Ancient Plant Garden | Tango Brumoso
Traditional and Contemporary Tango Music
Rhododendron Garden | Craig Garfinkel
Radiohead Sing-a-long
Garden Of Fragrance | Duo Piano Program, 2pm - 3pm
Susie Fong & Abbygayle Baker | Works by Ravel, Chaminade, Falls, & Sakamoto
New Zealand Garden | Saki Minamimoto, vocal, Omree Gal Oz, piano
Poetic Vocal Jazz with Effortless Delivery
South Africa Garden | Dawn Oberg
Songs of Love, Plant Life, and Current Events
California Native Plant Garden | Sandra Simich
Classical Piano
Redwood Grove | Tin Yi Chelsea Wong
Chains, Alchemy, and Liberation (Crumb, Beethoven)
Conifer Lawn | Ian Scarfe
Classical Masterpieces Inspired by the Natural World
Moon Viewing Garden | Eric Chase
Beethoven’s Late Piano Sonatas: Poetry Without Words
Zellerbach Garden | Esther Aeschbach
Scarlatti, Schubert, Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy
3pm - 4pm, Zellerbach Garden | San Francisco Opera Pianists
SF Opera pianists perform works from the classical music and operatic repertoires.
4pm - 6pm, Fountain Plaza | Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra
Viktor Ullman Piano Concerto
Featured Piano Soloist Allison Lovejoy
Friedrich Chopin, Piano Concerto No 1
Featured Piano Soloist Elektra Schmidt
Maurice Ravel, Piano Concerto in G
Featured Piano Soloist Kymry Esainko
4pm - 6pm, Conifer Lawn | SF Symphony Musicians
SF Symphony musicians performing chamber music
4pm - 8pm, Flower Piano Lounge, Celebration Garden - Special Event Ticket Required
Set Time: 5:30pm - 7pm | Lavay Smith and the Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Eight Piece Band : Swing, Blues, and New Orleans Music!
Sunday, September 10
10am - 2pm, Flower Piano Lounge, Celebration Garden - Special Event Ticket Required
Set Time: 12pm - 1:30pm | The Orange Sunshine
Orange Sunshine Plays Milton Nacimento
11am - 1pm, Garden of Fragrance | Duo Piano Program
11am - 12pm, St. Larsen Duo | Meredith Monk, Maurice Ravel, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Benjamin Gribble
12pm - 1pm, Aristo Duo, Chia-Lin Yang & Vivian Ying Chen | Classical for Two Pianos
11am - 6pm, Zellerbach Gardens, Featured Artists
11 am - 12pm, Van Anh - Nguyen | Ryuichi Sakamoto and Friends
12pm - 1pm, Tammy Hall | A Tribute to Burt Bacharach
1pm - 2pm, Kennedy Realnes | Avant Garde, Soundscape, Jazz, Ambient, Impressionistic
2pm - 3pm, Maria Parker’s Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble | Improvisational Flights and Modal Jazz Journeys
3pm - 4pm, Allison Lovejoy | Allison Lovejoy Plays Liszt, Ravel, Gershwin, Boulanger, and Still
4pm - 5pm, Kev Choice Trio | Hip-Hop Rooted Jazz & Classical Pianist
5pm - 6pm, Lavay Smith and Chris Siebert | Swing, Blues, and New Orleans Music!
11am - 6pm, Great Meadow, Featured Artists
11am - 12pm, EnSPirits | Alternative R&B/Contemporary Jazz
12pm - 1pm, Kash Killion and Killion’s Trillions | A Tribute to Sun Ra
1pm - 2pm, C and C Duo | C and C Performs Soulful Piano & Vocal Duet
2pm - 3pm, Kevin Gerzevitz | Kevin Gerzevitz Trio Tribute to Burt Bacharach
3pm - 4pm, The Cottontails | Vintage Swing, Jazz/R&B
4pm - 5pm, Mr Lucky & the Cocktail Party | That’s Entertainment!
5pm - 6pm, Musica Cubana Quintet | Musica Cubana
1pm - 3pm, Redwood Grove | Little Mission Studio
Music from classical and contemporary composers for a family friendly performance.
4pm - 5pm, Ancient Plant Garden| San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College
Youth 18 and under performing a range of modern and contemporary pieces.
Monday, September 11
11am - 12pm, Redwood Grove | Penelope Keep & Special Guests
Classical/Jazz Fusion: Bach, Beethoven, Bonds, & Blues
12am - 1pm, Redwood Grove | Irina Omelchenko
Classical, Rock and Roll, and Boogie Boogie
12pm -1pm, Garden of Fragrance | Danny Sullivan
A Bacharach Bacchanal Potpourri of Pianistic Panoramas
1pm - 2pm, Conifer Lawn | SF Jazz HS All Stars
A pre-professional training program for current Bay Area high school age jazz musicians.
1pm - 2pm, Garden of Fragrance | Marisa Winter, vocal & Elektra Schmidt, piano
Arias and Irreverent Stories
3pm - 6pm, Conifer Lawn | Beat Corner, Avante Garden Music and Poetry
Bay Area Poets hosted by Jessica Loos
Music by Mauro, Dean, Antony, George, and others.
Afternoon Concert
3pm - 4pm, Great Meadow | The Bernal Hill Players
Vibrant Music by Latin American Composers
4pm - 5pm, Great Meadow | Betty Roi Trio
Authentic Parisien Chanteuse Sings Jazz and Cabaret
5pm - 6pm, Great Meadow | Charged Particles
Original Funky Latin Jazz with a Spark!
6pm - 7pm, Conifer Lawn | Free Key Choir
80 Voice Contemporary Choir from Oakland
Tuesday, September 12
12pm - 1pm, Zellerbach Garden | Mauro ffortissimo, George Long, Robert Soper
Interpretations of Bach, Brahms, Schubert, Piazzolla and Villa Lobos
1pm - 2pm, Zellerbach Garden | Elektra Schmidt & Lewis Patzner
Duos by Greek, French, Spanish, and Argentinian Composers
Lunchtime Concert
12pm -1pm, Great Meadow | Rob Reich Trio
Crystalline Melodic Discoveries and Improvisational Flights
1pm - 2pm, Great Meadow | Steve Abrams Trio
Hard Bop, Latin Jazz, Salsa, and Swing
2pm - 3pm, Celebration Garden | Caroline Dahl
Boogie Woogie Piano: Blended and Bunkum-Free
2pm - 3pm, Conifer Lawn | Martin Luther McCoy
Martin Luther presents his distinct blend of jazz funk fusion accompanied by Robin Hodge Williams
3pm to 4pm, Celebration Garden | Kitten on the Keys
Unexpected Covers, Cabaret Originals, Nostalgic Flapper Rock
3pm - 4pm, Garden of Fragrance | Jaron Lanier & Colin Farish
Entangled Synchronicity While Surfing in a Global Musical Flux
4pm - 5pm, Garden of Fragrance | Colin Farish
Tribute to Keith Jarrett with Spontaneous Compositions
4pm - 5pm, Celebration Garden | Antony Ty
Songs from a Different Kind of Tension
SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Our deep gratitude to Kawai US and DC Piano Company who facilitated the acquisition of our incredible new Kawai GX5 piano at Zellerbach Garden.