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Sunset Piano and Gardens of Golden Gate Park Present
Flower Piano®
September 8-12, 2023
San Francisco Botanical Garden
Golden Gate Park
Thank you, everybody! Flower Piano 2023 has officially wrapped. What a beautiful year it was!
Thank you to our lead sponsors for Flower Piano 2023: the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation, The John and Marcia Goldman Foundation, Outside Lands Works, and the 5 Ryan Foundation. Thank you to our partners at Sunset Piano and all the musicians, performers, and community partners for sharing their art and making this unique, creative event possible. THANK YOU ALL for coming out and being part of our beloved Flower Piano!
Did you have a great time? Support Flower Piano and the Gardens by becoming a member or donating.

Thank You to Our Flower Piano 2023 Sponsors!
Duchess CT / Cheryl Traverse
Dr. Joesph Barbaccia
San Francisco Garden Club
Zane Gresham & Carole Robinson
FLOWER PIANO 2023 PROGRAM
The Lounge: Friday evening
The Lounge: Sunday midday
Thursday, September 7
Flower Piano Opening Night Special Event!
Celebration Garden open 4pm-8pm, Performances 6pm - 8pm, Flower Piano Lounge | Pablo Estigarribia
Latin Grammy winner tango pianist, arranger, and composer
With Sumi Lee Quartet, opening
Special event ticket required - buy here >>
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Friday, September 8
10am - 12pm, Garden of Fragrance | Noe’s Garden
Interactive music to engage babies, young children, and grown-ups alike.
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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
4pm - 5pm, Redwood Grove | Classical Revolution Trio
Classical Revolution Presents Beethoven and Piazzolla
4pm - 5:30pm, Great Meadow | Flower Piano Kick Off Sing-A-Long with Community Music Center featuring Clif Payne and Ken Little: 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
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All day, Fountain Plaza | Say Ya! Photobooth
Pop into the popular Say Ya! Photobooth and take a picture with friends or family to remember your time at Flower Piano 2023! Cost is $5 per session.
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Saturday, September 9
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
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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
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11am - 3pm, Roaming throughout the Garden | Puppet Piano
Vanessa The Robot is a little animatronic puppet with big feelings who drives around on top of an old food delivery robot and performs a variety of angsty pop songs.
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 - 3pm
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 | Ronny Michael Greenberg, San Francisco Opera Pianist
SF Opera pianist Ronny Michael Greenberg performs vibrant and virtuosic piano arrangements of Grand Opera, paired with music that mirrors the beauty and intimacy of the gardens
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, Zellerbach | Ensemble SF
Classical piano quartet featuring Mozart and Johannes Brahms.
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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!
All day, Fountain Plaza | Say Ya! Photobooth
Pop into the popular Say Ya! Photobooth and take a picture with friends or family to remember your time at Flower Piano 2023! Cost is $5 per session.
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All day, Fountain Plaza | Haight Street Art Center
Come by the Haight Street Art Center and get a commemorative Flower Piano screen print, free to all patrons of Flower Piano Festival!
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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 Nascimento, Mulatu Astatke, Joao Donato, Hermeto Pascoal and others
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 - 3pm, Roaming throughout the Garden | Puppet Piano
​Vanessa The Robot is a little animatronic puppet with big feelings who drives around on top of an old food delivery robot and performs a variety of angsty pop songs.
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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, Mariah 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.
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3pm - 4pm, Garden of Fragrance | Sixth Station Trio
Studio Ghibli tribute featuring works by composers, Joe Hisaishi, Yuji Nomi, and Satoshi Takebe
4pm - 6pm, Ancient Plant Garden| San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College
Youth 18 and under performing a range of modern and contemporary pieces.
All day, Fountain Plaza | Say Ya! Photobooth
Pop into the popular Say Ya! Photobooth and take a picture with friends or family to remember your time at Flower Piano 2023! Cost is $5 per session.
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All day, Fountain Plaza | Haight Street Art Center
Come by the Haight Street Art Center and get a commemorative Flower Piano screen print, free to all patrons of Flower Piano Festival!
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Monday, September 11
11am - 12pm, Redwood Grove | Penelope Keep & Special Guests
Classical/Jazz Fusion: Bach, Beethoven, Bonds, & Blues
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11am - 3pm, 9th Avenue in front of SF Botanical Garden | San Francisco Public Library
San Francisco Public Library YouthMobile - Visit the SF Public Library’s one-and-only children’s bookmobile. Check out the onboard collection, pick up a free book to take home and keep, and catch a children’s storytime at 11:30am.
12pm - 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, 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
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All day, Fountain Plaza | Say Ya! Photobooth
Pop into the popular Say Ya! Photobooth and take a picture with friends or family to remember your time at Flower Piano 2023! Cost is $5 per session.
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Tuesday, September 12
12pm - 1pm, Zellerbach Garden | Mauro ffortissimo
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
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SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
Thank You Community Partners!
We look forward to seeing you at Flower Piano—here are some tips to have an enjoyable experience:
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Getting Here:
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Walking, biking, and public transit are strongly recommended
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FREE valet bike parking will be provided on the weekend from 10am-6pm next to the Main Entrance to the Garden near 9th Avenue and Lincoln Way
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Traffic and parking can be challenging, especially on the weekends—see our visit page for shuttle, parking, and other details
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Pianos open at 10am but the Garden opens daily at 7:30am—you are welcome to come in to the Garden and get settled before the pianos open but please do not play the pianos before 10am
Program and Map:
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Large scale program signage available inside both entrances and Conifer Lawn
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Map of piano locations available on the Flower Piano webpage and program signage posted in the Garden
Tickets:
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Please be prepared to show your member card or tickets and IDs when checking in with staff upon entry
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Members, please enjoy expedited entry at the Main Gate via the member line—enter on the Library (south) side of the Entry Garden—thank you for your support!
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If you need to buy tickets onsite please do so with staff at the permanent kiosk at either entrance
Food, Drink, Picnicking:
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No outside food and drink is allowed in the Flower Piano Lounge
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Picnicking is encouraged
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Off the Grid will have food and drink available on the weekend at Fountain Plaza
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Outside food and drink are allowed—amazing local inner sunset food options are available right outside the Garden's Main Gate—reentry allowed—get a handstamp on your way out for reentry
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Camping, folding, and similar chairs and coolers allowed
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No tables or structures
COVID Protocol:
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If sick, have tested positive, or had a close contact with someone who has Covid please stay home
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Masks recommended indoors such as restrooms, Library, and Bookstore
Other Preparations:
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Layers, layers, layers - be prepared with clothes for all weather!
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Sun protection - even in the fog, you can get burned - hats, sunblock, sunglasses all encouraged
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Stay hydrated - water bottle refill stations are available at restrooms and Fountain Plaza
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Comfortable, sturdy walking shoes - the Garden is 55 acres and pianos are spread throughout across various surfaces
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We will share programming, and other dynamic updates as best as possible on our social media channels
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Celebrate Flower Piano and Support this Magical Event!
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Consider making a donation of any size—all support is greatly appreciated—you can even Venmo us @GardensofGoldenGatePark!
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Become a Gardens member and enjoy expedited entry at Flower Piano, guest privileges, Lounge discounts, and more!
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