“Velvet Note: A Piano Evening in New York, 1926”

Salon Jazz Night

Main character: the old piano
Location: On the Same Page / Another Valley

Authors and performers:
Yan Frenkel
Maria Simakova

Producer:
Igor Tikhiy

About the performance
New York, the Prohibition era. Police raids in the streets, sensational arrests in the newspapers, and behind the closed doors of speakeasies — contraband whiskey flows as music blends passion, irony, and freedom. The piano becomes a confessional for both musicians and guests: Armstrong, Ellington, Fats Waller — each note is like the very breath of a city under ban.

From the first steps of ragtime and the daring Charleston to the orchestral sophistication of Harlem in the early 1930s, the audience journeys through a decade of musical revolution. The evening combines live piano, theatrical storytelling, 1920s newsreels, dance, and silent cinema. Legendary clubs come alive before your eyes, with old newspaper clippings, the silhouettes of flappers, the laughter of underground parties, and even myths about how music once saved someone in a courtroom.

This is not just a concert, nor merely a play. It is a complete immersion into the atmosphere of the 1920s — a time when music was synonymous with freedom and every performance could become a legend. At the finale, the lights will fade, leaving only the echo of the piano — a memory of a night that “never happened.”

Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Special offer: on the evening of the concert — 20% discount on wines from Spain and France (special collection).
Age restriction: 18+