ANNEA LOCKWOOD

Date and time

10 Aug 2026

Venue

Park

Location

Porto

Type

Festival

Fundação de Serralves and Porto Pianofest are joining forces to present the iconic installation Piano Garden by Annea Lockwood. This marks an expansion of the festival, exploring other forms of artistic expression beyond the traditional concert and recital format.The installation will be inaugurated on August 9th, during the festival's 11th edition. The opening event will feature a brief musical moment of sonic exploration of the pianos, followed by a Portuguese Vinho Verde reception. Annea Lockwood 'Piano Garden' (1969–1970) A major figure in experimental music and sound art, Annea Lockwood is one of the artists who has most profoundly explored the transformation of how we listen to sound, our relationship with nature, and the very act of composing. A pioneer of sound sculpture and expanded composition, her work challenges the conventions of the Western musical tradition.Among her most striking works is the 'Piano Transplants' series, begun in 1968, which takes the piano — the quintessential instrument of Western classical music — as its starting point to question its symbolic and material status. The term "transplants" refers directly to the impact of the first heart transplants