SION, Switzerland — About 200 people gathered Tuesday at a construction site in Switzerland to watch a most unusual performance.
Hanging from a crane, a musician gave an airborne piano concert dangling over the future site of a hospital parking garage. Spectators looked up and took photos as Alain Roche played his vertical piano high above the ground.
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The crane operator was part of the performance. He could not hear the music, but managed to choreograph the crane's movements into an aerial spectacle.
Roche describes his art as a kind of poetry confronting two universes: a classical piano and a dusty construction site.
How does he practice playing while suspended on his back? Roche has a piano at home that he is able to play vertically about four inches off the floor.
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