Pianocrash in the lobby of the Royal Festival Hall, South Bank. Performed by Oleg "Pinocrasher" Lapidus. August 2008. Acoustic Graffiti performances Oleg Lapidus, 37, the "Pianocrasher," plays music instruments in public areas where it is NOT allowed to. Come and guess for how long he will stay on stage before security stop him. "Acoustic Graffiti" is the name of this new kind of performing arts, created by Mr Lapidus. It signifies the spread of graffiti culture into music world. While classic graffiti usually stands for a painting on a prohibited surface, the "acoustic graffiti" is a music performance in a prohibited place at a prohibited time. The difference between the two would be that visual graffiti is a form of street art while "acoustic graffiti" can happen indoors, including the most high profile venues, where classic graffiti would equal vandalism. The "Pianocrasher" title refers to Italian "piano" - meaning "soft" and can be interpreted as "breaking silence". Talented and versatile musician, Oleg is a virtuoso clarinettist and saxophonist, a skilful pianist, flutist and a music teacher. For this reason his "pianocrashes" involve not only actual piano performances, but also flute, sax and clarinet. Born in Almaty - the capital city of the Soviet Kazakhstan (close to the birth place of the notorious Borat), Oleg started to play piano at the age of 11 and later decided to learn clarinet. He was accepted to Almaty Musical College (classical clarinet) and upon ...

• published: 11 Nov 2008
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• author: ThePianocrasher