Lost Pianos of Siberia

A Sunday Times BOOK OF 2020: 'Extraordinary.''An extraordinary, cadenced journey into music, exile and landscape.' EDMUND DE WAAL_______________Siberia s story is traditionally one of exiles, penal colonies and unmarked graves. Yet there is another tale to tell.Dotted throughout this remote land are pianos grand instruments created during the boom years of the nineteenth century, and humble, Soviet-made uprights that found their way into equally modest homes. They tell the story of how, ever si ...