Six Pianos

Name: Six Pianos
Start: 2026-05-19T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-19T22:00:00+02:00
Location: Bozar / Palais Des Beaux Arts

Schedule

Tue May 19 2026 at 08:00 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Bozar / Palais Des Beaux Arts | Brussels, BU

12 Hands Play Reich, Eastman & Wolfe
𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼 & 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 ⟶ www.bozar.be/en/calendar/six-pianos
piano : Saskia Lankhoorn + Heloisa Amaral + Keiko Shichijo + Reinier van Houdt + Sarah Picavet + Frederik Croene
𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 :
Julius Eastman
⟶Gay Guerrilla
Julia Wolfe
⟶my lips from speaking
Steve Reich
⟶Six Pianos
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Six pianos all playing at once? That’s not something you hear every day. Six excellent pianists join forces for a hypnotic performance of Steve Reich’s Six Pianos. In this minimalist classic, the pianos start in unison, but the rhythmic patterns gradually begin to diverge. Our season composer Julia Wolfe has also written a piece for 12 hands, inspired by the iconic opening bars to Think, Aretha Franklin’s hit from the sixties. In Gay Guerilla, Julius Eastman refers to Bach’s chorale Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, interweaving minimal music with the power of his sexual identity to produce an exciting composition.