Michael Henderson

In praise of burning pianos

The New Zealander Annea Lockwood is just one of the world’s radical musicians unjustly mocked by hidebound snobs, says Kate Molleson

Annea Lockwood burning a piano in 1968, from which she is making a live recording. [Getty Images] 
issue 06 August 2022

  • Sound Within Sound: Opening Our Ears to the 20th Century

    Kate Molleson

    Faber, pp. 354, £18

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