The Lost Pianos of Siberia

A Sunday Times BOOK OF 2020: 'Extraordinary.'
'An extraordinary, cadenced journey into music, exile and landscape.' EDMUND DE WAAL
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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